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THE TUNDRAS AND THEIR INHABITANTS.* Six days' journey by land from Archangel lies the grey and dreary little coast town of Mezen, a place of "modified exile," the frontier town......

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—On the 4th of August there was a debate in the House of Commons on a recent change made by the Admiralty. A Com- mittee of gentlemen has......