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 . No one ventured out; our whole time was taken up infiohtino- the wind and water. This went on till five in the evening, when in a lullof the storm out we crept like half-drowned rats, to shootwith bows and arrows, and throw the di-zha at a mark. Samoyed bows are very interesting. Like every other 274 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV wooden thing these people have, they are made of drift-wood. A special plane is used for that purpose, whichthe figure will help you to unders
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 . No one ventured out; our whole time was taken up infiohtino- the wind and water. This went on till five in the evening, when in a lullof the storm out we crept like half-drowned rats, to shootwith bows and arrows, and throw the di-zha at a mark. Samoyed bows are very interesting. Like every other 274 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV wooden thing these people have, they are made of drift-wood. A special plane is used for that purpose, whichthe figure will help you to understand. The woodeno-auo-e has a slit into which the triangular knife is bow belongs to those known as reversible bows,or bows which turn inside out. But it seems to bepeculiar in this, namely, that it is a simple and not acompound bow. That is to say, it is neither spliced, norwhipped round with string or skin. None the less, itretains its elasticity in a remarkable way. But alwaysbefore it is used it is dipped in water, and then rubbedwith the hands, which gives it suppleness and We fixed up a bit of stick for a mark, and began toshoot at fifteen paces— Kallina, Marrk, Mekolka, Hyland,and I. It was a competition. The men threw themselves into a curious attitudewhen shooting. They used the bow horizontally, notperpendicularly as we at home. As they pulled theyrose on tiptoe and then almost crouched till the bowwas on a level with the eye. We held our own prettywell at this game, but Mekolka was champion ; he wasalways best at everything. The peg was removed stage
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