The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . )atted his stomach 438 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [ to indicate that he was hungry and wanted food, and hawkedand pointed with his finger at his throat to let us know that ara7ii would taste well. He then told us something wdiich we didnot then exactly understand, but which we n(jw have reason tointerpret as a statement that Noah was the leader of an expeditionsent by the Siberian authorities to our relief, and that he wastherefore willing in return for sviit
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . )atted his stomach 438 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [ to indicate that he was hungry and wanted food, and hawkedand pointed with his finger at his throat to let us know that ara7ii would taste well. He then told us something wdiich we didnot then exactly understand, but which we n(jw have reason tointerpret as a statement that Noah was the leader of an expeditionsent by the Siberian authorities to our relief, and that he wastherefore willing in return for sviitable compensation to give ussome reindeer. I availed myself of the offer, and purchased threeanimals for sugar, tea, and a little tobacco. Noah besides wasa friendly and easy-going man, who. Christian though he was,travelled ab(Ait with two wives and a large nunib;_r of children,. NOAH (After a photograph by L. Palauder.) who all of course see the vessel and get their treat oftobacco, clay pipes, sugar, ra^n, &c. So much flood water had now begun to collect on the ice,especially near the land, that it was exceedingly difficult to walkfrom the vessel to the shore and back. Many a proposed landexcursion was broken off by somebody, immediately after leavingthe vessel, sinking into some deep hole in the ice and thus gettinga cold bath. Excursions on land however bes^an to be exceedino-lvinteresting to the botanists and zoologists; and therefore to avoidthe inconveniences mentioned I caused a tent to be pitched bythe side of the large lagoon between Pitlekaj and Yinretlen, and XI.] THE FLORA AT PITLEKAJ. 439 a light boat to be carried thither. The bottom of the lagoon wasstill filled with ice, above which however the water stood so highthat the boat floated in it. The naturalists settled by turns inthe tent, and from it made excursions in differe
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