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In 1895 Pearson and his brother Charles chartered the 

 small yacht " Saxon," a good sea-boat of fifty tons 

 registered and one hundred and seventeen tons yacht- 

 measurement, with the intention of reaching Novaya 

 Zemlia. The Rev. H. H. Slater and the present writer 

 were included in the party. In this voyage the Murman 

 coast of Russian Lapland was visited and some time passed 

 in the vicinity of Lutni on the Ulvanskoe river. Ten 

 days were spent on the desolate island of Kolguev and 

 a considerable stay was made in Novaya Zemlia. The 

 great pleasure of the British ornithologist is to see in 

 these northern regions the summer-haunts and breeding- 

 stations of many birds only known to us in this country 

 as winter or casual visitors. It was an extreme satis- 

 faction to Pearson to be able to gather with his own 

 hands the eggs of BufEon's Skua in Lapland, the yoimg 

 of Bewick's Swan and the eggs of Little Stints and Grey 

 Plover in Kolguev, and to visit the breeding-places of 

 Glaucous Gulls, and the vast colonies of Brunnich's 

 Guillemots in Novaya Zemlia. The ornithological results 

 of this cruise were published by Pearson in the Ihis for 

 1896. 



In 1897 he chartered the s.s. " Laura," a Norwegian 

 sailing ship fitted with auxiliary steam-power. The 

 veteran Arctic-navigator, Kjeldsen, was the sailing- 

 master, with a Norwegian crew. The present writer 

 was again one of the party, and on this occasion Mr. 

 Frederick Curtis accompanied us, as medical officer to 

 the expedition. In this voyage the island of Waigats 

 was well explored in its northern, southern, and eastern 

 quarters ; Habarova and the mainland of Russia in that 

 vicinity were visited, also the little-known island of Dolgoi ; 

 a prolonged stay was made in Novaya Zemlia and Lutke 

 Land, the Matotschin Scharr was navigated, the Kara 

 Sea entered, and the PachtussofE Islands in lat. 74° 24' on 

 the east coast of Lutke Land reached. The weather at 

 the time of the visit was brilliantly fine, and no ice was 

 visible on the eastern horizon. The Kara Sea was on 



