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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 
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causes wliicli have been already stated^ runs from the mouth of 
the river along the land in an easterly direction. 
The Bear Islands lying off the mouth of the Kolyma are^ 
for the most part, formed of a plutonic rock, whose upper part 
has weathered away, leaving gigantic isolated pillars. Four 
such pillars have given to the easternmost of the islands the 
name Lighthouse Island (Fyrpelaron). Similar ruin-like form¬ 
ations are found not only on Cape Baranov, which lies right 
LIGHTHOUSE ISLAKD. 
After a drawing by O. Nordquist. 
opposite, but also at a great number of other places in that 
portion of the north coast of Siberia which lies farther to the 
east. Generally these cliff-ruins are collected together over 
considerable areas in groups or regular rows. They have thus, 
when seen from the sea, so bewildering a resemblance to the 
ruins of a gigantic city which had once been surrounded by 
strong walls and been full of temples and splendid buildings, 
that one is almost tempted to see in them memorials of the 
