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We took coffee at twelve noon on Monday with M. 

 Mironoff, and stayed for dinner. He showed us a 

 number of coins and gave us some. The oldest were 



dated 1737, 1738, 1740. All were Eussian except one, 

 which was Siberian, and which was dated 17 ? 



He also showed us some articles of Samoyede manu- 

 facture, made by the wife of a blind Samoyede who lives 

 in Ust Zylma summer and winter. There were the 

 'pimih,' worn by women, beautifully sewn, 

 and a bag also neatly done in white and 

 brown reindeer fur. This bag he kindly 

 gave us, and also the following articles : 

 Altogether thirteen copper coins, in- 

 cluding the Siberian one two silver 

 coins a piece of graphite apparently as 

 good as Cumberland lead, and a Eus- 

 sian basket for catching Cray-fish. This 

 graphite has been sent by M. Sidoroff 

 to England to be tested. The strata 

 were found on the eastern slope of the (Veors ^ bepuia} 

 Ural by persons employed by M. Sidoroff, 

 and he intends to work it up if approved of. 



We further received a large six-sided crystal, a stone 

 for stopping blood, called by the people ' devil's finger,' 

 found on the banks of the Petchora and said to be rare. 



He also gave us a Swan's egg very small indeed 

 which came from Pustozersk, but whether taken there or 



RUSSIAN CRAY-FISH 

 TRAP. 



