DAN MEINERTZHAGEN'S DIARY. 38 



food came to, in all, 16 kr. ; but we have been 

 very extravagant in the way of flour and milk, 

 and plenty of flour and potatoes bought last 

 week will serve us this week. 



I find one can buy quite decent Russian 

 cigarettes in the town at i kr. 10 a hundred. 

 The cigars which are made in Jacobsmad cost 

 three a penny, but are not good. I foolishly 

 brought only two pipes and have broken one. 

 Anyone coming to an out-of-the-way place 

 should, I'm sure, bring up plenty of pipes, as 

 any he does not use would make capital presents 

 for the men, and would even do in exchange 

 for eggs, etc. 



To-day is our first cloudy day, but still it is 

 thawing now (i p.m.) and we are going out to- 

 night at eight to stop the night in the woods. 



April 28th. -We left the village last night at 

 six o'clock, and walked up the river in the slush 

 on the top of the ice for about five miles, which 

 took us nearly three hours. The snow on the 

 ice is thawed into slush with a crust on the 

 top, and nothing is more tiring than this kind of 

 walking, at every step expecting to drop a foot 

 through the crust. We then left the river and 

 walked into the forest about i miles, where 

 dripping wet, we lit a fire, and made ourselves 

 warm and tried to get dry. By 9. 30 the sun 



