xx ICK-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 



that it was a nasty place. So I came hack again to shoot 

 the pheasants, no wiser than before. 



I knew that it would be useless to go from Archangel, 

 because the White Sea would be blocked till too late for 



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the first summer days. It therefore seemed best to 

 engage a Vardb' walrus-sloop to take me over. That 

 was my plan. 



In the meantime, however, my friend Mr. Mervyn 

 Powys, glad of the opportunity of sport in those regions, 

 determined to join me. This in every way improved 

 the chances of the enterprise. For he chartered the 

 steam-yacht Saxon, of Birkenhead. 



She was maimed with a crew of Scotch whaling-men 

 belonging to Peterhead, and from that port we sailed on 

 June 3rd. Also we took Thomas Hyland, a young man, 

 who, though he had but lately opened a small business 

 in this country, was glad to come and skin the birds. In 

 all, we were twelve on board. 



The Saxon is 90 feet 6 inches in length, over all. Her 

 depth is 12 feet 2 inches, with a beam of 18 feet. She 

 is built of wood sheathed with copper. Her draught of 

 water is 12 feet. Her net registered tonnage is 48-58, 

 and by yacht measurement she is 117 tons. She is 

 sch< »oner-rigged. 



I do not think that Kolguev is yet exhausted. I 

 think that a naturalist who, fortunate enough to find 



