. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe . Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. » I. , 1 1 1 ' 1 i ' 1' 'V ' i , 1 f ' i ! \ 24-J TIIIC roLAIt \V(tKLI». liitvint ovcrtunu'd tlioir s1i'(1l:;vs. AVith Tiuit^nse f^uidi's tliey tra- versed tlio tundra in a iiortii-eiisterly direction as far as llie l*iisina, and tlienco passing- on i'runi one Saniojede horde to another, at lone-fh roacdied Koronnojo Filippuwskoj (Tl'o' lat.) (tu llie Bo<,'anida, an atfluont of the C'heta, which is itself a tiibntary of
. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe . Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. » I. , 1 1 1 ' 1 i ' 1' 'V ' i , 1 f ' i ! \ 24-J TIIIC roLAIt \V(tKLI». liitvint ovcrtunu'd tlioir s1i'(1l:;vs. AVith Tiuit^nse f^uidi's tliey tra- versed tlio tundra in a iiortii-eiisterly direction as far as llie l*iisina, and tlienco passing- on i'runi one Saniojede horde to another, at lone-fh roacdied Koronnojo Filippuwskoj (Tl'o' lat.) (tu llie Bo<,'anida, an atfluont of the C'heta, which is itself a tiibntary of the Chatanga. Ifere a halt was made, partly because all the party except ]\Iiddendortt'were by this time attacked with the reigning' epidemic, and partly to wait for tli(^ Samqjedes, whom they intended to join on their summer migration to the north. During this interval Mid- dendortt'made an excursion to theChatanga, for the purpose of gathering infornuition about the voyage down that river, and to make the necessary preparations. In the village ef Chatangsk, however, he found nearly all the inhabitants suffering from tlie measles, and as no assistance was to lie expected frum tliem, he restdved to alter his route, and to proceed as soon as possible to the river Taimur, which would in all afford him the best moans for penetrating- to the extreme confines o( continental Asia. As this m<l^t nortlicrlji river of the old world lies far beyond the boun- daries of arboi'eal growth, a boat frame of twelve feet on the keel had to be made at Koronnoje before setting out. Brandt was left behind, with part of the company, to nuike a prolonged series of meteorological observations, and to gatlier as c()m[»lete !i collection as possible of the animals and plants of the country, while ]\Tiddendorft'started on his ad- venturous tour (May 19), with sixty-eight reindeer, under tlie guidance of a few' Saniojedes on their progress to the nortli, and accompanied only by the topo
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