The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . a tent, which belonged to a friend or perhapsrelation of Notti. There we were very well received. In thesame tent the reindeer-Chukch also lodged who had given us hiscompany on the way. He went into the sleeping chamber, threwhimself down there, took part in the familys evening meal, allalmost without uttering a word to the hostess, and the next morn-ing he started without having saluted the host. Hospitality is hereof a peculiar kind. It may perhaps be expressed
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . a tent, which belonged to a friend or perhapsrelation of Notti. There we were very well received. In thesame tent the reindeer-Chukch also lodged who had given us hiscompany on the way. He went into the sleeping chamber, threwhimself down there, took part in the familys evening meal, allalmost without uttering a word to the hostess, and the next morn-ing he started without having saluted the host. Hospitality is hereof a peculiar kind. It may perhaps be expressed thus : To-day Ieat and deep in your tent, to-morrow yon eat and sleep in mine ;and accordingly, as far as I saw, all, both rich and poor, both thosewho travelled with large sledges, and those who walked on foot,were received in the same way. All are sure to find a corner inthe tent-chamber. The tent-chamber, or yaranga, as this part of the tent iscalled by the natives, takes up fully a third-part of the wholetent, and is at the same time work-room, dining-room, andsleeping chamber. Its form is that of a parallelepiped; and a.
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