. 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. Natural history. i8o ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV good. It is; but when you have eaten white-fronted goose, bean goose, king eider, and long-tailed duck for many days on end, you begin to feel with Mark Twain's American after watching the dead bodies, ' Cussed if I want any breakfast.' And after all the white-fronted goose and the bean goose, though they have different names and different feathers, when they are cooked are only—goose. Of the other two, however, king e
. 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. Natural history. i8o ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV good. It is; but when you have eaten white-fronted goose, bean goose, king eider, and long-tailed duck for many days on end, you begin to feel with Mark Twain's American after watching the dead bodies, ' Cussed if I want any breakfast.' And after all the white-fronted goose and the bean goose, though they have different names and different feathers, when they are cooked are only—goose. Of the other two, however, king eider is excellent, but long-tailed duck very poor. We came to hate long- tailed duck. Verrmyah, also called Philipo, Katrina's husband and Uano's eldest son, appeared to-day. It seemed he had been southward. He brought very cheering news. The ice, he said, did not touch the south of the island. I asked him whether any ships could get through to the south. He did not know;. UANO AND VERRMYAH HIS SON there might be a channel, and a boat might get into the gulf; but truly, he did not know. But this set me thinking whether we ought not to be somewhere nearer the gulf or Scharok harbour in case a vessel should come. For this was just about the time. 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 Trevor-Battye, Aubyn Bernard Rochefort, 1855-1922. Westminster, A. Constable and Company
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