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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 



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Yenisejsk by Mr. Boiling for the purpose of transporting thither 

 the goods which I had carried in the Ymer to Korepovskoj, a 

 simovic on the bank of the Yenisej in. 71° 19' N.L. The 

 goods however had been taken up the river by a steamer, on 

 which account the vessel was sold by Boiling to Mr. Seebohra, • 

 who made an excursion in it to the lower courses of tlie 

 Yenisej for ornithological researches. He named the vessel the 

 Ibis. When Mr. Seebohm no longer required it, there was at 

 first a proposal that it shoukl be taken over by Captain Wiggins, 

 who, as has been already stated, had the year before come to 



DAVID IVANOVnsCH SCHWANENBERG. 



Born in Courland in 1831. 



the Yenisej with a small steimer, which wintered at the islands 

 in the river, and had now stranded during the breaking up of 

 the ice. He wished to carry his men on the Ibis either home 

 or to the Ob, but the Englisli seamen declared that they would 

 not for all the world's honour and riches sail in that vessel. 

 Schwanenberg had thus an opportunity of purchasing the 

 vessel, whose name he altered to the Utrennaja Saria (the 

 Dawn), and to the surprise of all experienced seamen he 

 actually made a successful passage to Norway. The vessel 

 was then towed along the coast to G(jthenburg, and through 



