. 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. RE-CROSSING 147 I have seldom seen a picture which correctly gives this. In Nordenskiold's Vega picture the sleigh is wrong, the deer are incorrectly harnessed, and the man sits on the wrong side of the sleigh. I fancy this picture must have been inspired by an old print which I have seen. A Samoyed always sits on the left side of the sleigh, and his long rein is attached to the left-hand reindeer. But I will leave this for the July
. 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. RE-CROSSING 147 I have seldom seen a picture which correctly gives this. In Nordenskiold's Vega picture the sleigh is wrong, the deer are incorrectly harnessed, and the man sits on the wrong side of the sleigh. I fancy this picture must have been inspired by an old print which I have seen. A Samoyed always sits on the left side of the sleigh, and his long rein is attached to the left-hand reindeer. But I will leave this for the July \st.—At we came to a place by a lake, where was good pasturage. Here we halted, all the rein- deer but five were turned loose, and the Samoyeds all lay down to sleep in the same attitude. They lay flat on their backs, with their hands, as I thought then, stretched out by their sides. But in reality only their stiff sleeves so remained, for the hands were inside on the chest. Then I walked down to the lake, which was evidently much frequented by geese. There I waited for an hour SAMOYED IN THE SOVIK. 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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