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 . Si t ^. aG < ?-5 00?a ^ « 52. 5 c rt o Q <en W H<! <O o < PiQ o <u 53 Pi si 0) 3 0) a co T3C a w c o 1) a. oo « I! -4-J ISH ?5 BACK TO SCHAROK 295 nia, as he calls it), passes his thumb through a slit in theend, takes a turn or two round his head, gathers up theremainder in coils, picks up his toorr in his left hand, andthen, turning the deer straight, runs his eye over theteam to see that all is right. For each deer is attachedto the front ba
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 . Si t ^. aG < ?-5 00?a ^ « 52. 5 c rt o Q <en W H<! <O o < PiQ o <u 53 Pi si 0) 3 0) a co T3C a w c o 1) a. oo « I! -4-J ISH ?5 BACK TO SCHAROK 295 nia, as he calls it), passes his thumb through a slit in theend, takes a turn or two round his head, gathers up theremainder in coils, picks up his toorr in his left hand, andthen, turning the deer straight, runs his eye over theteam to see that all is right. For each deer is attachedto the front bar of the sleigh by a single long trace run-ning from the collar. The Niasminta on the left or nearside, and the Warrli on the off-side, generally ran clearof this trace, one to the left, the other to the right of it,but it passes between the hind legs of the three middledeer of the team. The following diagram will give more clearly than adescription the parts of the harness and the Samoyedsterms for them. It is all worth oivino- for the sake of future travellers,for before this it would seem only the Russian nameshave
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