176 THE FOREST LANDS OF NORTHERN RUSSIA. 
Section II.—Forests. 
The forests in the central portion of Archangel may 
be considered as bounded on the north by the Arctic 
circle, but on the north-western extremity of the Govern- 
ment they extend a considerable way beyond that circle, 
and on the north-eastern part of the Government they 
stretch, by a tapering projection, still further within the 
circle. Beyond this curved boundary we meet only with 
dwarf trees and brushwood, and fewer and fewer of these 
till only moss is seen, and this at length covered exten- 
sively with snow, till finally we reach the region of per- 
petual snow enclosed within the embrace of a frozen 
ocean. 
In the Government of Archangel there is an area of 
30,312,002 deciatins of forests, of which 38,549,270 dec. 
belong to the Crown, equivalent to 46 dec. of forests, or 
43.2 dec. of Crown forests to every square verst. The 
annual fellings in the Crown forests yield 1.2 cubic feet, 
and the revenue is 0.2 kopecs per deciatin. 
In the Government of Olonetz the area of forests is 
11,461,00 deciatins, of which 10,497,250 dec. belong to the 
Crown, equivalent to 99.6 dec. of forest, or 91.2 dec. of 
Crown forests per square verst. The annual fellings in 
the Crown forests yield 1.2 cubic feet, and the revenue 0.2 
kopecs per deciatin, 
In the Government of Vologda there-are 33,470,000 
deciatins of forests, of which 39,346,037 belong: to the 
Crown, equivalent to 95 dec. of forest, or 86.2 dec. of 
Crown forests per square verst. The annual fellings in 
the Crown forests yield 2.7 cubic feet, and the revenue is 
1.1 kopec per deciatin, 
A description of one of the forests, superadded to the 
descriptions which have been given of the forest lands of 
these Governments, may suffice to convey a general idea, 
what may be seen in these. 
Of the forest estate of Vuig Mr Judrae gives the follow- 
