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CHAPTER XIII.
FROM YAKUTSK TO THE LOWER LENA.
The Lena and its Scenery—Ospa—The Tunguses—The Shaman
Spirit-World—Schigansk—Bulun—The “King” of Bulun—Slavery and
Famine—Fish and Fisheries of the Lower Lena.
On the 17th of June we left Yakutsk for the Lena delta
in the steamer Lena, accompanied by Mr. Gromoff, junior,
the representative of the firm of Gromoff of Yakutsk, owners
of the vessel, Mr. Pichtin, and a Kossack officer, Mr.
Kondakoff, whom the governor sent with us as interpreter and
guide. The little steamer Lena, which has had several
different owners since, 22 years ago, it made its
memorable voyage in company with the Vega around northern
Asia, has been very badly used. Still it is even now the
only steamer which is able to stand the storms on the
Lena between Yakutsk and the Arctic Ocean.
Having received its great tributaries, the Aldan and the
Vilui, the Lena gives the impression of an interminable
broad inland lake with many islands rather than a river.
Often the surface of its waters fades into the horizon, and
the distance between its shores widens to as much as
fifteen miles or more. In stormy weather, the motion of
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