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SAILING DOWN THE DELTA. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Return to Ust-Zylma — Wedding of the engineer's son — Scarlet bullfinch — Last 

 days at Ust-Zylma — Our boat — We sail to Habariki — Birds' eggs — Smew's eggs 

 — Snipes in trees — Down the Petchora — Sedge warbler — Black-cock — Arctic 

 tern — Willow swamps — We cross the Arctic Circle — A new bird — Arrival at 

 Viski — The Delta — Double snipe — Pustazursk — The tundra — Arrival at 

 Alexievka. 



We returned to Ust-Zylma on Sunday, the 6th of June, and 

 attended the wedding of the son of the engineer of Sideroff's 

 steamer. It took place in the church of the Old Believers ; 

 but the ritual did not differ much from that of the orthodox 

 ceremonial. The bridal party afterwards sat in state in the 

 house of Sideroff's manager. Coffee was first served, then 

 sherry, afterwards champagne. All the quality (as an Irish- 



