The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . e ofabout five kilometres from the are exclusively used, and nonets or other fishing implements. Ina few minutes I saw twenty cod(icrokadlin) caught, and about as manysmall fish, called by the natives nukio-imthio. For the fishing the natives make a hole in the ice,a decimetre in diameter. Round the hole they build, asa protection against wind and drifting snow, a snow walleighty centimetres high, forming a circle with an innerdiameter of a metre a
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . e ofabout five kilometres from the are exclusively used, and nonets or other fishing implements. Ina few minutes I saw twenty cod(icrokadlin) caught, and about as manysmall fish, called by the natives nukio-imthio. For the fishing the natives make a hole in the ice,a decimetre in diameter. Round the hole they build, asa protection against wind and drifting snow, a snow walleighty centimetres high, forming a circle with an innerdiameter of a metre and a half. The fish-hooks are of ironand are not barbed. The line is about five metres long,and is fixed to a rod nearly a metre in length. At the end ofthe angling line hangs a weight of bone, and beside it the is generally the women who fish, yet there are generally twoor three men about to open the holes, build the walls, and keepthe fishing-places clear. All the holes with their shelter-wallslie in an arc, about a kilometre in length, whose convex side isturned to the east. The ice in the lagoon was 17 metre IBIIBIUI*^ CHUKCH SHAMAN DRUM. One-eighth tlie natural size. 416 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap • the water 32 metres deep, and the thickness of snow on theice 03 metre. The day after our arrival at Najtskaj we visited the villageTjapka, which lies at a distance of six kilometres. This villagecontains thirteen tents, some of which are more roomy andbetter built than any Chukch tent I have previously lodged in a tent which belonged to Erere, a friendly manwith a face that was always cheerful. His sleeping-chamberwas so large that it could hold more than one family. Wefound the inmates there completely naked, Ereres wife,Kedlanga, not excepted. Kedlanga was well formed, herbosom full, her stomach somewhat projecting, the thighs poor,the legs slender, the feet small. The men appeared to have
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