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CHAPTER XXI.
UP THE YENISEI.
No News from Civilisation—We bid Adieu to Torgersen—Sledging up the
Yenisei—Torosses—The Taiga once more—Turukansk—The Ortiak—
“A Big Minister”—Society in Turukansk—Yeniseisk—Home.
On our arrival at Dudinskoie we learned, to our surprise,
that neither the expected trading steamers nor the Russian
expedition to Taimyr had visited the mouth of the Yenisei
during the summer. Only one English steamer had arrived.
We had hoped to receive comparatively fresh news of the
outer world in this place, as there was said to be a mail
between Dudinskoie and Yeneseisk, but in this too we were
disappointed. Among the few inhabitants of the settlement
—which consisted of some merchants, a few exiled stundists
etc., two priests, and a civil officer—there was not one single
newspaper to be found, and they did not know more than we
did about the events which had taken place in the civilised
world during the previous three months. We were, it is true,
told “news” about Andrée, but this “news” wore the
wrinkles of old age. Thus, for instance, it was reported
that Andrée had sent a carrier-pigeon “from the North
Pole” with the information that he and his companions
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