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deer. Out of the River Ratchuga he went into the River 

 Peza, and here large meadows were seen. Having gone 

 along that river for about 20 versts, Piottuch observed 

 in the high and thick grass a Reindeer's horns moving 

 very quickly towards his boat. The wind was blowing 

 towards Piottuch ; at last the deer came out in a free 

 place about 150 yards distant from him. He fired, and 

 after making about thirty steps more the deer fell dead. 

 Another jumped, and after it he fired again, and also this 

 (a small one) fell. He skinned them, took the flesh in 

 the boat, and went further. The shores were now formed 

 by large meadows, on which he found a great many 

 Yellow-breasted Buntings and Bluethroats ; and in the 

 forests, Long-tailed Tit, White-winged Crossbill, and the 

 Common Crossbill ; and Ducks were very common. 



The voyage on the Peza was a very quick one, and 

 finished all but 38 versts Piottuch's way to the River 

 Mezen. He sent to a village for horses to go to Mezen 

 town. The voyage from Ust Zylma to Archangel is 

 1,364 versts; it occupied twenty-eight days, and on the 

 28th of August (Old Style) he arrived at Archangel. 



Piottuch reported having ready for me one Yellow- 

 headed Wagtail, one Phalarope, one Little Stint, five 

 Swans' bills, two eggs of the large Swan, three eggs 

 and one bill of the medium-sized Swan, and one full nest 

 of the Grey Plover, with $ and $ four eggs which were 

 slightly incubated but were blown very well ; he also 

 had a Lynx's head, a Hare's head, an Eagle Owl, a Ural 

 Owl, and a Lapp Owl. 



He was allowed to retain the greater part of these 

 collections as his own perquisite. What he was allowed 

 to retain included the four eggs of Grey Plover. 



