IN THE KAMIN PASS 



CHAPTER XLIV. 



FROM YENESEISK TO TOMSK. 



Once more in Yeneseisk — Country on the Banks of the Yenesei — Moulting 

 Birds - Blyth's Grass-warbler — Nordenskiold's Goods— A Holiday — A 

 Dinner Party at the Ispravnik's — From Yeneseisk to Krasnoyarsk — Three 

 Days at Krasnoyarsk — The Club — Telegraph Communication — Scurvy 

 amongst the Tungusks — The Neighbouring Country — From Krasnoyarsk 

 to Tomsk — Magnificence of the Autumn Foliage — The Villages — The 

 Birds — Difficulties in the Way — A Friendly Ispravnik — Tomsk— The 

 Wreck of the Thames. 



On the morning of the 14th of August, soon after tea, 

 we reached Yeneseisk, having been twenty-two days on 

 the road, which was considered a good passage. I was 

 busy all the afternoon getting a large empty room in 

 Boiling's house fitted up to unpack and dry my skins. I 

 found them in better condition than I had expected, but 

 nevertheless far too damp for me to venture travelling 

 with them for a month longer, unless artificially dried. 



