. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. SAMOYEDE OF LOWER YENISEI. THE INHABITANTS OF SIBERIA. 4^^ according to the animal of which they make most use. Where theyhave not been lowered by contact with cheating and lying Russians,Yakuts, and other merchants, they display many noble cheerfulness, perseverance, good faith, courage, and independenceare lauded by every one who has come in contact wi
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. SAMOYEDE OF LOWER YENISEI. THE INHABITANTS OF SIBERIA. 4^^ according to the animal of which they make most use. Where theyhave not been lowered by contact with cheating and lying Russians,Yakuts, and other merchants, they display many noble cheerfulness, perseverance, good faith, courage, and independenceare lauded by every one who has come in contact with them. Theyavoid the Russians, and refuse to enter their ser-vice. Many of them,like the Buriats, haveconformed to the G-reekChurch, but are still atheart Shamanists. Theyare very fond of animals,and even keep bears,wolves, and foxes, eagles,and other creatures incaptivity. The stoneage has not long ceasedto exist among thesepeoples. The affinity of theYakuts of the Lena basinis mainly withthe Turkibranch of the Mongol-oids, though they haveso considerably mingled The with the Tunguses andthe Russians that theirtype is much of them havefeatures of a very Mon-golian type. Probablyit is owing to this inter-mixture that they arethe most thriving of theSiberian natives. Theyhave been called theJews of Siberia, beingextremely perseveringand clever traders when they like, duping even the Cossacks ; but fre-quently they give up work for pleasure, till forced by want. They havea very hardy constitution, which enables them to endure extreme coldwith ^ery little clothing. By their adaptability they have thrivenremarkably of late, and the Russians have eagerly sought their daughters SAMOYEDE WOMAN OF LOWER TENISEI. I 4 6 THR INHABITANTS OF ASM. in marriage. They shine as industrious artisans, making excellent toolsExnert pl^ted with gold and silver ; they also extract iron from its ore-artisans and with great skill. At Yakutsk they beat the Russians out olthe fiel
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