Scottish geographical magazine . Fig. -The Great Auk ; as imagined by a Parisianartist in 1671. AN ARCTIC VOYAGER OF 1653. 401. Fig. 3.—A fugitive Zemlian, with Lis caiiot;. hand, and that his quiver was on his back. And he has portrayed twosmall paddles, impossible to be used by one paddler, instead of the longdouble-bladed paddle hy which the canoe must have been propelled. Asfor the canoe itself, it is manifestly incorrect. This incident isof great interest. Ittallies with the accountof the natives of thatcoast giAen almost ahundred years earlierby the English naviga-tor Burrough, fromperso
Scottish geographical magazine . Fig. -The Great Auk ; as imagined by a Parisianartist in 1671. AN ARCTIC VOYAGER OF 1653. 401. Fig. 3.—A fugitive Zemlian, with Lis caiiot;. hand, and that his quiver was on his back. And he has portrayed twosmall paddles, impossible to be used by one paddler, instead of the longdouble-bladed paddle hy which the canoe must have been propelled. Asfor the canoe itself, it is manifestly incorrect. This incident isof great interest. Ittallies with the accountof the natives of thatcoast giAen almost ahundred years earlierby the English naviga-tor Burrough, frompersonal boates, hesays, are made ofdeers skins, and whenthey come on shoarethey carry their boateswith them upon theiibacks. ^ From theunited accounts oBurrough and Martin-iere, and from furtherevidence supplied by the latter, it becomes quite clear that these skin canoes of the Zemlians orSamoyeds were exactly the same as the long, slim, swift kayaks whichare still in use along the coast of North-Eastern Siberia and all roundthe shores of Arctic America. Xo other skin canoe, which could he usedwith safety
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