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were all right, and were on their way homewards. This
carrier-pigeon, however, had fallen a victim to ignorant
people, who had killed it. This Siberian edition of the
message which Andrée’s carrier-pigeon brought from the
“Eagle” two days after its start, seemed to be firmly
believed in by these good people, although a circular
containing the true message had been sent even to Dudinskoie
by the Russian government.
At this hospitable little place we stayed four days, and
here we parted with our friend and interpreter, Mr.
Torgersen, who started on his lonely journey back to Bulun
on the lower Lena. All the way to Dudinskoie the natives
spoke the Yakut language. On the Yenisei, the natives
and the rest of the population all speaking Russian, we
stood in no need of an interpreter.
From Dudinskoie up river to Turukansk, which is situated
near the Arctic circle, the distance is about 430 miles, and
this we had to travel by reindeer-sledge. This part of our
journey, contrary to expectation, proved very difficult on
account of torosses, snowstorms, and water collected
underneath the deep snow. In addition to these drawbacks the
poor people at the stations had few and weak reindeer,
often kept several miles from the stations, thus causing
much delay. To this was added some unpleasant
experiences of the worst class of criminals exiled to these
distant regions; men who, in many cases, have both morally
and physically ruined the people. In one place, where
the host and the hostess were away, having left an old
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