Through Arctic Lapland . on the morrow tocollect upon their persons another twelve monthsdirt. But whilst it is in action, that Daubsfest at BorisGleb is an impressive spectacle. The crowd of shirt-clad Lapps standing there in the cold and dark of theArctic night, the faint light of the candles and torchesflaring in the wind, the long-haired pope in his stifi,embroidered vestments bright with barbaric colours,the aurora borealis burning with its unspeakableglories far off on the Northern sky, and the greatwhite church looming weirdly through the gloom,make up a sight that few who have seen it
Through Arctic Lapland . on the morrow tocollect upon their persons another twelve monthsdirt. But whilst it is in action, that Daubsfest at BorisGleb is an impressive spectacle. The crowd of shirt-clad Lapps standing there in the cold and dark of theArctic night, the faint light of the candles and torchesflaring in the wind, the long-haired pope in his stifi,embroidered vestments bright with barbaric colours,the aurora borealis burning with its unspeakableglories far off on the Northern sky, and the greatwhite church looming weirdly through the gloom,make up a sight that few who have seen it will everbe inclined to forget. At Elvenaes once more a change of plan was forcedupon us, and this time it was the Czar who inter-fered. His Imperial Majesty had sent a BoundaryCommission to fix the frontier line between his pos-sessions and those of his cousin of Norway, andalmost all the available men of Boris Gleb and El-venaes had gone to the Commissioners camp eitheras servants, or advisers, or mere camp cm 2 3 4 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 3 = p HS^ ^H iM ?1 Pi 11 h-—= ^::-/^ ? fc CO—= ^ ip^ —^ K|p ^ ;: tn—= s 1. (T,—= 1 * -J—= 1 CO—= i< i ID—= p^wf h- ^ ? Tf o = I 1 I— = ? I— ^ ^Hj_ h- ^ ^K- M = 1 m I— ^ . 1 CO = 1 I— ^ hCi ^ K. I— ^ en = ^K h- ^ C3^ = W i I— ^ ? ?~J = 1 I— ^ ^Hr 1 CO = 1 I— ^ ^Bi/ 1 ID = [\J = o = NO =I— ^ 1 ^ 1i [\J =NO = ^^^^^ agam gH|^M| IHHI ?Mi H^H |M|H ^H^^ ^H|^^ ^^^^tf ^^ ^ cm :. nl 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 mm 15 mm 16 By Canoe to the Neiden 43 Consequently tlie passage to Enare See up the PasvikElv, which requires many arms to wield the paddlesand make the portages, was debarred. The utmostforce we could rake up was two dilapidated RussianSkolte Lapps, who would ferry us in a canoe by thefjords and rivers to the Neiden, where we must trustto luck in finding carriers who would take us throughoverland. We accepted the alternative with philosophy,and told them we would star
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