THE TvAMIN 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 Taz — Yermak — 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 



