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15 or 20 fathoms in 24 hours. Most of the steamers not
having room for so bulky a fuel are thus compelled to
make frequent stoppages. This is the cause of much loss
of time, because in most cases the wood has to be cut from
the root, chopped, and carried on board. These frequent
halts on the way were, however, of considerable interest
and use to us, for they gave us excellent opportunities
for studying the country and making collections. The
captain warned us to be on the look-out for bears, with
which the forests were said to be teeming, but we never
saw any, although there were plenty of fresh tracks.
In the town of Kirensk, beautifully situated opposite the
mouth of the Kirenga, we stopped several hours. This
enabled us to get a glimpse of the transport-prison, an old
tumble-down, one-storeyed building with broken windows,
and the picturesque old cathedral, built at the time of the
fort of Kirensk, in 1635.
I had a conversation with one of the chief men of the
place, who complained bitterly of the want of popular
education, the small number of teachers, and their miserable
pay. The sanitary condition of the place, also, was said
to be worse than bad, and epidemics had been raging.
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