# The monastery of Petschenga

Author: Friis, J. A. (Jens Andreas), 1821-1896; Repp, Hill [Translator]

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72118

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+monastery+of+Petschenga+Friis&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Come with me, and let us take a trip far away to the North Country, to the coast of the White Sea, to the land of the midnight sun, to the shores of Russian Lapland. There is very much in those parts that is still quite unknown. The district to which we journey has never yet been described, nor has it even been explored. The fisherman has not visited it. The rivers, with their flowing streams, and their beautiful pools swirling beneath the waterfalls, remain in their virgin purity, and have never been whipped by the salmon-fisher. No one has pulled a line or trawled a net across the lakes, nor has anyone passed to and fro over them, dragging that miserable implement which is known as an o...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-monastery-of-petschenga-72118/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-monastery-of-petschenga-72118/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-monastery-of-petschenga-72118/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-monastery-of-petschenga-72118/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-monastery-of-petschenga-72118/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-monastery-of-petschenga-72118/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-monastery-of-petschenga-72118/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-monastery-of-petschenga-72118/chapters/5/index.md)