oundaries, it is a fact that a bone arrow-head, metallic brooches, beads, and other objects reminding us of those found in graves in the government of Vi??tka, Perm, and Kazan, have been discovered in the prehistoric fort of Di??kovo near Moscow. 2 That the Zi??rians were not the only inhabitants of the eastern part of the government of Vologda when the Russians first came to know the province, is