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 . LISHI ^SM m 1 ,„ , iill ,,iw 4/&m ?Mr1. V OUR TENT AND UANOS CHOOM July ^th.—This day to begin with was very fine, andwe were glad to hear that our friends meant moving downto a position near the mouth of the big Pesanka river, sothat they might be well placed for observing the geesewhich frequent the rivers mouth. NOMADS 163 I will describe the details somewhat particularly, andwill say once for all in the light of later events that whatis true of these Kolgue
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 . LISHI ^SM m 1 ,„ , iill ,,iw 4/&m ?Mr1. V OUR TENT AND UANOS CHOOM July ^th.—This day to begin with was very fine, andwe were glad to hear that our friends meant moving downto a position near the mouth of the big Pesanka river, sothat they might be well placed for observing the geesewhich frequent the rivers mouth. NOMADS 163 I will describe the details somewhat particularly, andwill say once for all in the light of later events that whatis true of these Kolguev Samoyeds is true, in my ex-perience, of their race on the mainland at least as fareast as the Petchora River. A Samoyed has three distinct forms of sleighs, the han, the arki-han ( arki means big), and the adliurs. The han is the ordinary passenger sleigh ; upon it twocan ride at a pinch. It has four, occasionally five, sup-ports on either side, set slantingly. The arki-han isreally a baggage sleigh ; it is very stoutly built, and hastwo supports only on either side, and they are setperpendicularly. The adliurs I have spoken of before ;it has four slanting support
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