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is floated down these rivers and their confluents in spring and this 

 notwithstanding the stones with which the beds are filled, and other 

 obstacles. From the Vuigozero Lake I went 40 versts, 27 miles, by 

 the river Telekin to its embouchure. 



" The Vuigozero or Vuigor Lake is one the largest lakes in the dis- 

 trict of Povonetz. It is 60 versts or 40 miles long, and 30 versts 

 or 20 miles broad. It is throughout its whole extent studded with 

 islands, which according to the idea prevailing in the locality are 

 equal in number to the days of the year. Some of these have an 

 area of 50 square versts. Many are covered with woods, but unin- 

 habited and unsurveyed, so that their contents are unknown ; many 

 of them find no place on the map, and their area is considered as lake, 

 though some of them have good available soil, or are covered with 

 valuable forests of pine. 



" On the shore of the Vuigozero is the Vuigozero Podost, the most 

 southern station in the government of Olonetz for village administra- 

 tion, and this uninviting spot must be for a time my place of residence." 



Mr. Judrae states what his duties were, and communicates some 

 valuable information relative to forest operations there and in similar 

 localities, all of which may be afterwards given in detail. Here it is 

 this journey and the aspect and condition of the country as seen by 

 him alone which engages our attention. Of this he thus resumes 

 details : 



" My duties on the forest estate of Vuig being finished, on the 9th of 

 September I left this place to go further to the north and the north-east, 

 to that part of the Povonetz district inhabited by the Corrells or 

 Karrells ; I had to go by boat on the Vuigozero. We had a favourable 

 wind, and the well-filled sails carried the small boat along with great 

 rapidity. 



" I might have proceeded directly to my destination, but I could not 

 deny myself the pleasure, being there, of visiting the village of 

 Voitzi, situated at the northern extremity of Vuigozero, 100 versts 

 distant from the White Sea, and now in the government of Archangel. 

 This village is well known as the site of a gold mine which is now a 

 thing of the past. Gold was discovered there in 1735 by a peasant, 

 Tarass Antonoff. Mr. Poushkaroff, in describing the government of 

 Archangel, says that at Voitzi, quartz on being crushed and washed 

 yields 7J zolotnicks of gold for every 150 pounds.* 



" The working of the mine at Voitzi was discontinued in 1783. In 

 1827 gold was discovered on the banks of the river Vuig, and in the 

 course of the present century investigations have been made several 



. * 96 zoloinicks .= 1 Ib. Russia, 40 Ibs. Russ. cr 36 Ibs. avoirdupois = 1 pood. J. C. B. 



