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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 
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Stockholm on the 23rd November and St. Petersburg on the 
3rd December. Everywhere in Scandinavia the gallant seamen 
met with the heartiest reception. Their vessel was the first 
that sailed from the town of Yenisejsk to Europe, and is still, 
when this is being written, the only one. 
GUSTAF ADOLF NUMMELIN. 
Born at Viborg in 1853. 
The Dawn is 56 feet long, 14 feet beam, and draws 6 feet of 
water. Aft there is a little cabin in which there is scant space 
for three men. Cooking is done in the fore. The cargo con¬ 
sisted of a small quantity of graphite, fish, furs, and other 
samples of the products of Siberia, 
