. 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. â i'. I i 202 Tin: l'o|,AR \V(>KM>. frequently lie is iu»t oven in llu> .sitiiatioii to profit by c-om- pt.'tition; for tiiiioii«r tlu; thousands that flock to tlio fair, there are but very few Avho do not ow(( ^^o the traders l' Obdorsk much more than Ihey possess, or can ever hope to repay. Woe to the poor Ostjak whoso creditor shoidd find him dealing with some other trader !âfor the seizure of all his moveable
. 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. â i'. I i 202 Tin: l'o|,AR \V(>KM>. frequently lie is iu»t oven in llu> .sitiiatioii to profit by c-om- pt.'tition; for tiiiioii«r tlu; thousands that flock to tlio fair, there are but very few Avho do not ow(( ^^o the traders l' Obdorsk much more than Ihey possess, or can ever hope to repay. Woe to the poor Ostjak whoso creditor shoidd find him dealing with some other trader !âfor the seizure of all his moveable i^roperty, of his tent and household utensils, would be the least punishment which the wreLdi turned adrift into the naked desert would have to expect. The fair is not opened before Government has received the furs which are due to it, or at least a guarantee for the amount from the merchants of the place. Then the magazines of the traders gradually fill with fursâwith clothes of reindeer-skin ready- made, with feathers, reindeer-flesh, frozen sturgeon, mam- moth tusks, &c. For these goods the Ostjaks receive Hour, baked bread, tobacco, pots, kettles, knives, needles, brass buttons and rings, glass pearls, and other trifling articles. An open trade in spirits is not allowed ; but brandy may be sold as a medicine, and thus many an Osf jak takes advantage of the fair for undergoing a cure the reverse of that which is recommended by hydropathic doctors. Towards the end of February, when the Ostjaks have re- tired into the woodsâwhere they hunt or tend their reindeer herds until the opening of the fishing season recalls them to the Obiâthe trader prepares for his journey to Irbit, where he hopes io dispose of his furs at an enormous profit, and Obdorsk is once more left until the following winter to its deathlike IllK .â¢-AliLK. ^ .L^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabilit
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