158 TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST 



Club, where we were introduced by Mr. Rollo. We there 

 met Herr Jacobi, who, with many grimaces, contortions, 

 twists, and signs, described his visit to Solovetsk, whence 

 he returned on Sunday. 



At 5 p.m., Nicholai and Piottuch returned from a short 

 expedition. They had started at 2 a.m. for the woods 

 behind the town, and had walked about 40 versts (?). 

 The birds they brought in were good. There were two 

 Warblers and a young Bunting we could not make out, 

 also three Little Buntings and a young Bluethroat, a 

 lovely specimen, besides a number of commoner birds. 

 These were at once skinned, labelled, and catalogued, 

 bringing our total number up to 134. 



July 2. 



The 2nd of July, Tuesday, we occupied in unpacking 

 our luggage and making preparations for our further ex- 

 peditions. We decided to take boat down the Kiver Dvina, 

 past the mouth of the Urus River, and on to the Ismitchi 

 Eiver, up which we intend to proceed about 14 versts, to a 

 village which we have to walk to from the boat, about 

 five miles. There we purpose taking lodgings for a day 

 or two to work the neighbourhood. 



Here, we are told, immense numbers of Owls are to be 

 found in autumn, and we have good chance of getting 

 some now also, besides plenty of small birds, and also 

 Eaibchiks, or Hazel Grouse, which we want ' muchly.' 



July 3. 



On Wednesday, the 3rd of July, Ernst Craemers' tooth- 

 ache being no better, his brother Carl accompanied us 

 this trip, and we started with two men only Nicholai 

 and Jacof about ten o'clock this morning, for the Ijma 

 River and village down the eastern branch of the Dvina. 



It was about 6 o'clock p.m. that we entered the mouth 



