. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . g the sky-line of the Timan range of mountains, beyond which com-mences the Timanski Tundra, inhabited by Samoyedes,who do not cross the Petchora with their Keindeer at UstZylma at all, but winter at Pustozersk. At we accompanied Captain Engel and theengineer to visit some Samoyedes—an account of whichI give in the Appendix on that subject. We stayed more than an hour at the chooms, and after-wards joined our sledges and drove back to Habarika. Standing beside our sledges were two long narro
. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . g the sky-line of the Timan range of mountains, beyond which com-mences the Timanski Tundra, inhabited by Samoyedes,who do not cross the Petchora with their Keindeer at UstZylma at all, but winter at Pustozersk. At we accompanied Captain Engel and theengineer to visit some Samoyedes—an account of whichI give in the Appendix on that subject. We stayed more than an hour at the chooms, and after-wards joined our sledges and drove back to Habarika. Standing beside our sledges were two long narrowhand-sledges, like the toboggan (?) of North America,belonging to two Russians who had come all the wayfrom Pischma, and were en route for a place called YorsaBiver, where great numbers of geese and ducks, etc., comeafter the thaw begins. 28o TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST To-night we swung our hammocks in a room in theCaptains house, and slept soundly. To-morrow we areto visit the chooms. When driving down this morning we purchased a knifeand belt from our Yemstchick. The handle of the knife. was of wood in-laid in an artistic manner with lead. TheCaptain gave us to-night another knife of the same kind,and also a powder-horn neatly engraved and done by a i//}vyA\//\\/;\\j?\\?A\?l\ zaac3caE3E3Ea J C31Z3 CZ3 ED E2 E3 Samoyede from a copy, along with a carved bone powder-measure (see p. 261). April Friday, the 30th of April, although Captain Engelhad to return the previous night to Ust Zylma, w^eremained in order to visit the Samoyede chooms, whichare now close to Habarika, and made an extensive andinteresting series of observations which are set forth inthe Appendix. FETCH OR A 281 At Habarika we met with very few birds indeed. AnEagle, which was too far off for identification, flew over-head yesterday. Kedpolls were common close to thevillage, and, as usual, Magpies and Hooded Crows. TwoMarsh Tits flew into a larch close to us this morning, butwe did not get a shot. A few Sno
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