(it'iicral IMiy(oi»ro<!;ijipliic KelaHoiis ot the K('<>;ioiis Traversed. 



The Abjikiiii Hcnioii and AdjjUTiil St«'i>iM' Areas. 



The small town of Minusinsk, from where the ex]K'(li[i()n was started, is situated on 

 the eastern bank of tlie Yenisei Hiver, in about 92 east louijilude, and 54"^ north 

 latitude. The traveller a])|)roarliing Minusinsk from liie norlli l)y the river-ferry from 

 Krasnoyarsk by the Siberian railway, will ratlier soon ol)seive, in liie general charac- 

 ter of the vegetation, when going southwards, a gradually increasing dryness of the 

 climate. The river-banks are at first rather steep and rocky, reaching from 100 to 150 

 m. above the surface of the water. The eastern river-side is markedly higher and steeper 

 than the western, a strange fact, w'hich may be accounted for by the rotation of the earth. 



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Fig. 1. View of tlic river Yenist-i nortliwariis. The Ijnnk on the riglil (cnst) side of the illustration 

 markedly higlier and steeper than on the lett west) side. I!et\veen Minusinsk and Krasnojarsk. 



