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We skinned and dissected six $ Waxwings. We await 

 a series of females. 



Ernst brought us our Samoyede dresses complete. 

 They are wonderfully hot and ugly, but practical. 



We engaged Mr. Martin, the English Commissionaire 

 here, for to-morrow forenoon (Pilley, whom we employed 

 in 1872, being dead), and hope to get through much 

 business, as he seems a sharp fellow. 



Evening came, but no letter from His Excellency. 

 He is an absent-minded man, and has most likely for- 

 gotten all about it ; but we will get it to-morrow or 

 perish in the attempt. 



In the evening Mr. Treeck and Mr. Belliss accom- 

 panied us to sundry coffee-houses, where we drank tea or 

 wine or beer, and smoked a stupid amusement, and one 

 which must very soon become profoundly monotonous, 

 not to say hurtful to one's stomach ! 



March 10. 



On Wednesday, the 10th of March, Martin the Eng- 

 lish Commissionaire and I drove first to M. Sidoroff's, 

 but missed him. I will call again in the afternoon. 

 Then, after some trouble, we found M. Shovin, Sixth 

 Street, House 21, in the Pesky, and he gave me the 

 address of the manager of the sawmill at Archangel in 

 the matter of Piottuch. I left a card for Dr. Ficssen, 

 and bought sundry things we required. 



Martin, who has been twelve years in St. Petersbourg, 

 distinctly said that the right pronunciation of a certain 

 word is ' telega,' and not ' tschelega,' as Mr. Rae upholds.* 

 Also ' paderojna,' not 'paderostni.' 



We left St. Petersbourg at 7.15 p.m., after dining at 

 Mr. Treeck's and getting many a ' gluckliche reise.' 

 Mr. Treeck and Mr. Belliss saw us off. 



* ' Land of the North Wind,' q.v. 



