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of paper to keep out the dust. Delving for information 

 in such a mine was almost a hopeless task ; but I 

 succeeded, owing to the indefatigable kindness of 

 M. Sabanaeff, in gaining some interesting facts. 



I left Moscow on Saturday at half-past eight in the 

 evening, and arrived at St. Petersburg at half-past ten 

 the next morning. I remained a few days in this in- 

 teresting city, and reached home the afternoon of Wednes- 

 day, the loth of October, having accomplished the follow- 

 ing mileage : 



Sheffield to Nishni Novgorod by rail . . . . 2,560 



Nishni Novgorod to Kureika by sledge . . . 3,240 



Kureika to Golchika by ship ..... 1,000 



Golchika to Yeneseisk by steamer . . . . 1,810 



Yeneseisk to Tomsk by pavoska ..... 590 



Tomsk to Tiumen by steamer ..... 2,134 



Tiumen to Perm by pavoska ..... 460 



Perm to Nishni Novgorod by steamer .... 800 



Nishni Novgorod to Sheffield by rail .... 2,560 



I 5- I 54 



Shortly afterwards Captain Wiggins also returned, 

 though he had to abandon part of his baggage on account 

 of the badness of the roads across the Ural Mountains. 

 Of the adventures of the crew, all I know is that they 

 arrived safely in England at last. Captain Schwanenberg 

 weighed anchor in the Ibis on the i3th of August, and by a 

 fluke arrived without accident on the i ith of September at 

 Vardo, whence he was towed to Stockholm and crossed the 

 Baltic arriving at St. Petersburg on the i3th of December. 



BRONZE FROM ANCIENT GRAVE NEAR KRASNOYARSK 



