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CHAPTER XXI. 



IN CAMP AT DVOINIK. 



Trip to Kuya — The Prahms — Travelling in a Eosposki — The Birds en 

 route — Arrival of the Triad at Alexie\'ka — We Win over the Manager — 

 The Ino — Doing Robinson Crusoe in a Wreclied Ship — Nest of the Long- 

 tailed Duck — Our First Little Stint's Nest — The Tundra — Sunset and 

 Sunrise — Little Stint's Eggs — The Tundra near Bolvanskaya Bay — 

 Phalaropes — Interior of the Tundra — Change of Plumage in Phalaropes 

 — An Early Morning Start — Confusion of Time — The Snowy Owl — Two 

 more Nests of Little Stint — A March of Geese on the Tundra — An Old 

 Grave. 



A DAY or two after our return from the Golievski islands, 

 a chance suddenly turned up of making a trip up stream 

 to Kuya. The rafts, which ought by this time to have 

 reached Alexievka, had not arrived, and ill-natured 

 rumours of their having run aground were brought down 

 by some fishermen. The manager of the company had 

 also run out of various articles de luxe, which his soul 



