Ice-bound on Kolguev : a chapter in the exploration of Arctic Europe to which is added a record of the natural history of the island . for they hadmade up their minds, though all the men were againstthem with one voice. You men are cowards. We will go anyhow, andyou will come, mother, wont you ? Yes, yes, said Mrs. Uano, she would go. And you, Tinyah, you will come ? The duchess didnt seem as if she much took to ,theidea of this deep water, but she couldnt stand out whenall the women were going, so she said rather glumly, Yes, yes, too. Thats right, laughs Ustynia, the ringleader. Nowgirls; an
Ice-bound on Kolguev : a chapter in the exploration of Arctic Europe to which is added a record of the natural history of the island . for they hadmade up their minds, though all the men were againstthem with one voice. You men are cowards. We will go anyhow, andyou will come, mother, wont you ? Yes, yes, said Mrs. Uano, she would go. And you, Tinyah, you will come ? The duchess didnt seem as if she much took to ,theidea of this deep water, but she couldnt stand out whenall the women were going, so she said rather glumly, Yes, yes, too. Thats right, laughs Ustynia, the ringleader. Nowgirls; and in a second they had whipped up on to their 244 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV sleiehs and were off in a bunch, amid o-reat laughter andshoutings from the men, and loud cries of Arkhoh,arkhoh — Deep, deep. This trivial incident is worth mentioning because itshows so well the absolute equality and freedom of theSamoyed women. Just fancy, if you can, an Indiansquaw taking an independent line like this! We waited perhaps an hour for Verrmyah, and thenafter a short journey suddenly there arose a roar of shouts and laughter *?* -aw***.. from the men, for there were all the women on ilk a little hill at whose h ^ foot the Pesanka ran. Of course they hadnot been able to poor Ustynia, whohad really tried the passage, was drying her things at the fire, for theywere very wet. Nothing could have been more good-humoured thanthe way the women took the joke which was now turnedagainst themselves. I am not so sure about the duchess,who was fat, and I fancy was a bit disgusted at havingbeen bustled for nothing. I sketched a little psi-itz or blue fox ; and was muchamused at the way it behaved to the dogs. They quiteunderstood that they must not touch it. But old THE GOOSING 245 Ni-arr-way would come up and stand proudly over itwith his tail moving slowly, and very stiff, as big dogsare to a puppy. Then the little fox would lie overon its back and mew in a deprecatory way. Besidest
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