Show The Jeauiieltejj Crew New York 27 Heralds St Petersburg Peters-burg To arrive at the mouth of the Lena the boats of the shipwrecked Jeannette must have passed between New Siberia and the Island of Fadewskai which is inbabited only during the summer by Nomids who arrive at the close of the winter in sledges drawn by dugs Further Fur-ther on in her course was Isle Petite and the Island of Stolbovoi The distance is about 600 miles from the locality of the shipwreck to the mouth uf the Lena These mouths are shunted in the moet dreary and desolate confine of Northern Siberia The whole coast was last visited and described by Lieutent Pf rre Anjou in 1823 Previous to that their vast regions re-gions occupying a distance of hundreds of miles along the coast were explored in 1735 and 1736 by Lieutenant Prouts chischeff and at their furthest extremities extremi-ties by Lieutenant Dimtire Lapleff in 1739 The place where boat No3 landed situated between the graves of Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Lassinius who perished in 1735 with thirtyfive of his companions and that of Lieutenant Proutechischeft and his wife who perished in 1736 From this point to Yakuotzk the distance is more that a thousand miles through a desert country completely destitute of population r |