CHAP. XIV. 



ALEXIEVKA. 



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I secured. The red-throated pipits were there perching, 

 as usual, in the boughs ; and I noticed also one or two of 

 our new pipits, and a number of reed-buntings. 



This bird-haunted island was our last stoppage before 

 reaching Alexievka. We arrived at our destination on the 

 evening of the 19th June, after ten days' voyage down the 

 great river and through the intricacies of the monotonous 

 delta. 



PLOUGHING AT USl'-ZVLMA. 



