. 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. u ^â \\' I I f i'. CHAPTER XV. ⢠, r I,' ^ 1 ⢠r ^ . THE OSTJAKS. Wliat is ihrOlii? - Imiii'l;iliiiiis- An Osijak Siuiinii'i' .h.\r\ ~ Poverty ni'tlic (l>ljak l''islu'riiunâA AVintcr JiirtâAllaclniU'iit nf tlir Ostjaks to tlicii'ancient V\\<- tonis -An I'rinoeâArelnTv Aiipearance anil Cliaraelcr of tliu Usljak-^ - 'I'Jie I'air "f ('bilorsk. Tl'^'llAT is the Obi Vâ'One of the most iiiehincholy T T riv
. 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. u ^â \\' I I f i'. CHAPTER XV. ⢠, r I,' ^ 1 ⢠r ^ . THE OSTJAKS. Wliat is ihrOlii? - Imiii'l;iliiiiis- An Osijak Siuiinii'i' .h.\r\ ~ Poverty ni'tlic (l>ljak l''islu'riiunâA AVintcr JiirtâAllaclniU'iit nf tlir Ostjaks to tlicii'ancient V\\<- tonis -An I'rinoeâArelnTv Aiipearance anil Cliaraelcr of tliu Usljak-^ - 'I'Jie I'air "f ('bilorsk. Tl'^'llAT is the Obi Vâ'One of the most iiiehincholy T T rivers ou eaiih,' say the few European travellers avIu* have ever seen it roll its turbid waters through the wilderness, ' its monotonous banks a. dreary succession of swamps aiul dismal pine-forests, and hardly a living' creature to be seen, but cranes, wild ducks, and geese.' If you address the same question to one of the few liussians who have settled on its banks, he answers, with a devout mien, ' Obi is our mollier;' but if you ask the Ostjak, he bursts forth, in ;i laconic but energetic phrase â ' Obi is the god whom we honoiu' above all our other gods.' To him the Obi is a source of lite. With its salmon and sturgeon he pavs liis taxes and d(d)ts, and buys his few. 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. London : Longmans, Green
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