LITTLE STINT 



CHAPTER III. 



ARCHANGEL. 



The White City, Archangel Decline of its Commerce Cheapness of 

 Living Peter Kotzoff Father Inokentia The Samoyedes and their 

 Sledges Their Physical Characteristics Samoyede Names of Birds 

 National Songs Election of Samoyede Chiefs Their Ignorance of 

 Doctors or Medicinal Plants Piottuch Birds The Weather Hasty 

 Departure from Archangel. 



WE spent nineteen days in Archangel completing the 

 preparations for our journey, and picking up what in- 

 formation we could respecting the great river Petchora, 

 and the routes thither. Everybody looked upon our 

 expedition as a most formidable undertaking, but all were 

 anxious to give us every assistance in their power. There 

 is an excellent German club in Archangel, and we 

 dropped a few roubles in practising krasnoye po bielemou 



