CONTENTS 



PART I 

 TO THE FETCHORA VALLEY 



CHAPTER I. 



EARLY EXPLORERS. 



John Wolley Unknown Breeding-Grounds Birds of Archangel and Lapland 

 Voyages to the Petchora in the Seventeenth Century Schrenck's Visit in 

 1837 Castren's Visit in 1842 Keyserling's Visit in 1843 Pelzam's 

 Visit in 1874 Hoffmansegg's Visit about 1850 Outfit Letters of Intro- 

 duction ............ Pp. 3-6 



CHAPTER II. 



LONDON TO ARCHANGEL. 



London to St. Petersburg Mode of Heating Railway Carriages Frozen Market 

 at St. Petersburg Bohemian Wax wings Moscow to Vologda M. Verakin 

 Sledging from Vologda to Archangel The Yemschik Post-houses The 

 Samovar Angliski Russ Modes of Harnessing Horses State of the Roads 

 Weather Traffic Birds seen en route Arrival at Archangel . . Pp. 7-13 



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 



Pp. 14-20 



