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detained for several weeks in the city of Yakutsk, having
failed to catch the last steamer from that place.
On our way home I had to investigate the truth of the
last report of the Andrée expedition which came to my
knowledge in Siberia—namely, the story of “a letter from
Andrée,” said to have been found in a bottle near Slatoust.
It proved, like most of its predecessors, to be only a
hoax. The story of Ljàlin was started after my return
home. It made a good deal of fuss, and much money was
spent in telegrams and special investigations on the spot,
although it was evident from the reports of reliable persons
in Siberia that the story was only an invention, like so
many others.
After having spent a few days at Yasnaya Polyana, the
estate of Count Leo Tolstoy, whither I was invited by one
of the Count’s sons—a visit of which I entertain the most
pleasant memories—we arrived in Stockholm at the end of
the year 1898, having travelled in all about 15,500 miles
since we left that capital a little more than eight months
before.
The results of our search after Andrée were only negative,
it is true, but we would not at the time consider this in
any way affected the hope we cherished of the return of our
courageous countrymen. Unfortunately, this hope has since
diminished.
However, we may now, I believe, take it for granted
that Andrée and his companions did not land on the
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