IN THE KAMIN PASS 



CHAPTER XLIV. 



FROM YENESEISK TO TOMSK. 



Once more in Yeneseisk— Country on the Banks of the Yenesei— Moulting 

 Birds -BIyth's Grass-warbler — Nordenskiold's Goods— A Holiday — A 

 Dinner Party at the Ispravnik's— From Yeneseisk to Krasnoyarsk— Three 

 Days at Krasnoyarsk— The Club— Telegraph Communication— Scurvy 

 amongst the Tungusks— The Neighbouring Country— From Krasnoyarsk 



to Tomsk — Magnificence of the Autumn Foliage — The Villages The 



Birds— Difficulties in the Way— A Friendly Ispravnik— Tomsk— The 

 Wreck of the Thames. 



On the morning of the 14th of August, soon after tea, 

 we reached Yeneseisk, having been twenty-two days on 

 the road, which was considered a good passage. I was 

 busy all the afternoon getting a large empty room in 

 Boiling's house fitted up to unpack and dry my skins. I 

 found them in better condition than I had expected, but 

 nevertheless far too damp for me to venture travelling 

 with them for a month longer, unless artificially dried. 



