[88] M. Marklofski was to hold the office till M. Kasloff arrived.
[89] The Lena crosses Siberia in nearly its widest part, from north-east to south-west, and pours itself afterwards into the Frozen Ocean.
[90] I shall say nothing of the mode of government, as it is similar to that of Okotsk.
[91] The post expences are not the greater on account of this distance; a man is paid at the same rate as a horse.
[92] They always fastened to my boat a small canoe, in which they return home, and which is carried along by the mere current of the river.
[93] It is also called Olekminsk.
[94] He informed me that the borders of the Lena were inhabited on this side by different hordes of his countrymen. I must observe, that the Toungouses and Lamouts may be regarded as the same people.
[95] The fish with which this river principally abounds is the sturgeon, or sterled. The industry of the Toungouses, makes caviare of the eggs of this fish, as we do.
[96] From a principle the reverse of that of the Koriacs, the Toungouses always milk the female deer. This milk, which they made me taste, is very thick.
[97] Their journeys extend as far as the frontiers of Tartary and China.