LITTLE STINT. 



CHAPTEE III. 



The white city Archangel — Decline of its commerce — Cheapness of living — Peter 

 Kotzoff — Father Inokentia — Samoyede vocabulary — Their sledges — Their ap- 

 pearance— Samoyede names of birds — Their national songs — Election of their 

 chiefs — Their ignorance of doctors or medicinal plants — Piottuch — Birds — The 

 weather — Hasty departure from Archangel. 



We spent nineteen days in Archangel completing the pre- 

 parations for our journey, and picking up what information 

 we could respecting the great river Petchora, and the routes 

 thither. Everybody looked upon our expedition as a most 

 formidable undertaking, but all were anxious to give us every 

 assistance in their power. There is an excellent German 

 club in Archangel, and we dropped a few roubles in practising 



