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the overwhelming silence of the taiga. You hear only the
throbbing of your heart, the sound of your own footsteps.
An indescribable feeling of mystery and awe creeps over
you in the twilight of the spring night among the motionless
and mute forms which surround you. It is as if you were
wandering in some cold and sombre temple, the pale light
filtering down between the branches as through high
clerestory windows, and the tall stems oppressing one’s
very soul like some huge and towering wall.
We continue our way and finally emerge into a little
open space, the bleak sky of the spring night above us,
from which a few pale stars look down upon the weird
and lonely scene. We sit down and listen. Far away is
heard the monotonous cry of some bird, like the sound
of a solitary worshipper in the great temple, constantly
repeating his plaintive prayer... Listen! A deep sigh
quivers through the taiga, a light trembling flutters the
crown of the stately aspen hard by, and a feeble current
of air carries to us the strong, clean scent of the pines.
It is a few weeks later on the lower Lena. The night
sky is lighter, but it is covered with fleecy clouds. Our
steamer is lying at anchor in a protected bay, and I land
for a stroll in the taiga, which here is thin and more
monotonous in character. The cedar, the spruce, and the
northern pine have ceased long ago. Only the hardy
Siberian larch-tree is left besides the birch, the willow, and
the alder. Over a carpet of bog-myrtle and various mosses
I wander for miles into the depth of the great forest.
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