It is a dreary region, which man dearly disputes with tipulae, gnats, mosquitos, horse-flies, and millions of microscopic insects which are not visible to the naked eye; but, although they are not seen, they make themselves felt by their intolerable stinging, to which the most callous Siberian hunters have never been able to inure themselves.
Ehiztari siberiar zailduena ere ezin sekula ohitu sastada horietara. Mikel Strogoffen zaldia, diptero pozoitsu horiek eztenkaturik, saltoka zebilen mila ezproiren izar puntadunak saihetsean sartuta legez.