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HOMEWARD BOUND 



of paper to keep out the dust. Delving for information 

 mine was almost a hopeless task ; but I 



in such a 

 succeeded, 



to the indefatigable kindness of 



M. Sabanaeff, in gaining some interesting facts. 



I left Moscow on Saturday at half-past eight in the 

 evening, and arrived at St. Petersburg at half-past ten 

 the next morning. I remained a few days in this in- 

 teresting city, and reached home the afternoon of Wednes- 

 day, the loth of October, having accomplished the follow- 



ing mileage : — 



Sheffield to Nishni Novgorod by rail 

 Nishni Novgorod to Kureika by sledge 

 Kureika to Golchika by ship 

 Golchika to Yeneseisk by steamer 

 Yeneseisk to Tomsk by pavoska . 

 Tomsk to Tiumen by steamer 

 Tiumen to Perm by pavoska 

 Perm to Nishni Novgorod by steamer 

 Nishni Novgorod to Sheffield by rail 



2,560 

 3.240 

 1,000 

 1,810 

 590 



2,134 

 460 

 800 



2,560 



15.154 



Shortly afterwards Captain Wiggins also returned, 

 though he had to abandon part of his baggage on account 

 of the badness of the roads across the Ural Mountains. 

 Of the adventures of the crew, all I know is that they 

 arrived safely in England at last. Captain Schwanenberg 

 weighed anchor in the Ibis on the 1 3 th of August, and by a 

 fluke arrived without accident on the i ith of September at 

 Vardo, whence he was towed to Stockholm and crossed the 

 Baltic arrivine at St. Petersburg- on the i ^th of December. 



BRONZE FKOM ANCIENT GRAVE NEAR KRASNOYARSK 



