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the village were several camps of Samoyedes, of whose life and 
customs much is told. 
On the opening of navigation the travelers embarked on a 
small steamer and descended the Petchora to its delta, east of 
which was the ¢wxdra, “a wide expanse of moorland covered with 
lichen, reindeer moss, dwarf shrubs. and birch, with swampy 
patches and morass into which it was impossible to sink more 
than a foot deep, owing to the frozen pavement below.” Their 
exertions here received their reward in the valuable collections of 
birds and eggs obtained. On the first of August they broke up 
their camp on the tundra, and embarking on a steamer, passed 
around the North Cape, and after a voyage of thirty-five days, 
reached Elsinore. 
The collections brought back include eggs of the gray plover 
and the little stint. Excellent wood cuts, illustrating the country 
and its natural history, are given and a very satisfactory summary 
of the scientific results of the journey is added. 
O PREJEVALSKY.—The Royal Geographical Society's 
Proceedings states that, having reached home, this eminent trav- 
eler intends “ to devote himself for some time to the preparation in 
retirement of a great work on the results of his travels, including 
besides his recent expedition to Tibet, his previous journey to Lob- 
nor, of which he was prevented, by want of time, from giving 
more than a bare outline. The work is to consist of eight vol- 
oft BE Brazza’s JouRNEY FROM THE OGOWE TO THE CONGO.— 
ne of the most remarkable of recent journeys in Africa ts that 
of M. de Brazza. 
