THE KAMIN PASS 



CHAPTER XLIII. 



BY STEAMER TO YENESEISK. 



Silovanoff Hospitality of the Inhabitants Interior of One of the 

 Houses A Model Village The Sect of the Skoptsi Their Exile A 

 Fish Dinner Birds near Silovanoff Redstart Lost in the Forest The 

 Steamer Aground Michael Susloff A Tipsy Blagachina Discussion 

 about Siberia Its Gold Mines the Ruin of its Prosperity A Dense 

 Forest Birds on the Banks Verkhni Ambatskia Decrease of the 

 Ostiaks Their Boats and Canoes Birds on the Pasture Land The 

 Forest Trees of the Yenesei Larch Spruce Fir Siberian Spruce Fir 

 Scotch Fir Cedar Birch Alder and Juniper Poplar Picturesque 

 Scenery Two New Birds added to my List The Kamin Pass The 

 Ibex Hot Weather The Amount of Wood our Engines Consumed Our 

 Hostess' Hospitality A Poor Bag Vegetation in the Forest The Black 

 Kite The TazYermak Swallows. 



AT sunrise on the morning of the 3rd of August the 

 barge was anchored at Silovanoff to take in more wood, 

 whilst the steamer went to Turukansk and back. I went 

 on shore to shoot, and to inspect the extraordinary 



