CHAPTER II.

DON FUM’s MYSTERIOUS DIRECTIONS.—BULGER AND I SET OUT FOR

PETERSBURG, AND THENCE PROCEED TO ARCHANGEL.—THE STORY OF OUR

JOURNEY AS FAR AS ILITCH ON THE ILITCH.—IVAN THE TEAMSTER.—HOW

WE MADE OUR WAY NORTHWARD IN SEARCH OF THE PORTALS TO THE WORLD

WITHIN A WORLD.—IVAN’S THREAT.—BULGER’S DISTRUST OF THE MAN AND

OTHER THINGS. 7