y tihe last monthandhd ndergne consid Malrae's report, .which I here subjoin, will convey a better idea of.the experienues of his party on the Myan i I could otherwise furnish.
MACRAE'S REPORT.
Markova, N.. Siberia, June 4th, 8 Si,-My. last report to you gave you an account of t progress of the work at the Myan Station to March On the 13th of the same month, the weather having cl up, which had been stormy for a week previous, Mr. moved up to a slew on the Olgan with his four construct and on the same day Mr. Norton started out with his of six, cutting and distributing poles on the Myan se I divided with Mr. Norton my provisions, which gave e party ten days' rations of hard bread, tea, twenty-five poill of bacon, and two deer each, which you sent down at this ti; from Crepast. Before going to work cutting poles, Mr. Frot constructed a small cabin fifteen feet square, as the weath was too severe for camping out-the mean temperature of the nights being below -30°, as far as I could judge without a thermometer. In order to forward the work as much as possible, I sent Frank to cook for Mr. Frost's party, and iMr Baxter and myself brought in wood and water, and cookei for ourselves.
The snow in the timber was from four to five feet deew,.' and, as the men were without snow-shoes, two thirds of thei time was occupied in passing from one tree to another, ean they only averaged thirty poles to a man each day that they worked.                                            ,
There was, however, scarcely a time when some of the pa!,; ty, and sometimes the whole, were not unfit for duty on 'aocount of severe diarrhea which attacked every one. Ihbi no medicine except laudanum and opium pills, which the  ' vere cold made me cautious in using. On the 21st ofMar our provision being reduced to two days' supply of hI bread and deer-meat, I ordered the work suspended and men placed on half rations. Up to that time Mr. Baxter myself lived upon fish furnished by Illia,* and I will take casion here to say that whenever he caught any fish or he divided them with us, and on several occasions t
* lia Deachkoff, the native who had settled on the Myan, near the previous summer, mentioned on a former page.
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