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 . h our English guns and English spaniel,seemed as strangely out of place as a tramp in a WestEnd drawing-room. And frankly, I think I should havescarcely been surprised if the man had said in superiorEnglish— Well, my good men, I m sorry for you, butreally Ive nothing to give you. I cant have trampscoming here. However, while this was going on we had enteredthe choom. Various sleepers moving and groupingthemselves on one side left the other free for us. They lit
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 . h our English guns and English spaniel,seemed as strangely out of place as a tramp in a WestEnd drawing-room. And frankly, I think I should havescarcely been surprised if the man had said in superiorEnglish— Well, my good men, I m sorry for you, butreally Ive nothing to give you. I cant have trampscoming here. However, while this was going on we had enteredthe choom. Various sleepers moving and groupingthemselves on one side left the other free for us. They lit a fire and the women cooked us a goose,cutting it up and throwing it into a great pot. It wasexcellent. At first the smoke of the fire was very disturbing. It got into ones nose and eyes—but we soon found that bykeeping low down, as did ourentertainers, the smoke waslittle felt. Thev were muchamused,laughing heartily whenthey found that we could notsit comfortably cross-legged onthe Moor as they did; andpresently gave us tubs to sit on. The choom contained :— Uano, a Samoyed, about fifty-three years , his UANO FRIENDS 129 Mekolka, his son, , -1 Anka, I daughters. Tierrtso or Zornka, JKatrina, his , her little , her little baby. I have given you all the dramatis persona, just asthey were introduced, or rather explained to us by Uano,except the three last who did not come out of the was pretty well for a circular room about fifteenfeet across. While the goose was cooking we had time to considerour entertainers more carefully. There was a touch—but not more—of Mongol in all their faces, more markedin the women than in the men. They had high cheek-bones and a tendency to slit-like eyes, and their eye-brows were beautifully arched. Uano had a short grizzled moustache and beard,and a world of shrewdness in his eyes, which wereredeemed from cunning by a kindly twinkle. His wifeUstynia, w
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