. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. (»K Tin; TCIUKTCIII. ,']().> roiist ; tlioir Imfs, raised on friinunvorlcs of whale ril> and (dvcrt'd with skins, ivscmble a la!⢠irre^-uhir cone r('}>osinn" (III its side, with the apex directed to the north and the 1)ase slii'lviji^* ahruptly to the south. Here is the suiiill opeiiiiii;', cldst'd by a (lap of loose? skin, which serves as a door, while tiic sDioko escapes and tlie li^-ht enters th
. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. (»K Tin; TCIUKTCIII. ,']().> roiist ; tlioir Imfs, raised on friinunvorlcs of whale ril> and (dvcrt'd with skins, ivscmble a la!⢠irre^-uhir cone r('}>osinn" (III its side, with the apex directed to the north and the 1)ase slii'lviji^* ahruptly to the south. Here is the suiiill opeiiiiii;', cldst'd by a (lap of loose? skin, which serves as a door, while tiic sDioko escapes and tlie li^-ht enters thronj^-h a K>nnd hole ill till' ]-o(»f. At the further or n(»vtli('rn end of this structure is a second low S(piare tent coviMvd with donhle reindccM" skins, the polo;^-, wliich in winter serves l)oth as the dining' mill hed-rooni of the family. The Onkilon catch seals in a kind t!aiis, Avhich they spread out nnder the iee,and in whicdi the iiiiiiiial entang'les itself with the head oi- ilip|>ers. When the wiihtis, which is particularly abundant about Koliutschin Ulnnd, creeps on shore, they steal ui>on it unawares, ctit oH' its retreat and kill it with their spears. Like the (, tlii'v use do'^'s to drai"' their sled^'cs. Tlie nund)er of the Tchnktchi is o-veater than one mi^ht I'Xpect to Hnd in so sterile a C(»untry. Aceordini;" to tlu* Kussian niissionaries. there wer(\ some years back, .'i^ nlussos (11' viliai^vs of the (â)nkilon, witli l,o<;S tents and 10,000 iiihaltitants ; and Wrau<4'ell tells ns that the Tennyi;!: are lit least twice as nnnierons, so that the entii-e po])n1atiou of the land of the Tchuktchi inav ])ossil)lv amount to :|0,0()0,. ii'- t n fir â Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880. Lon
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