. 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. Natural history. sparkle. I collected many new flowers—a large ranun- culus, a very pretty pink {D. superbus) and a gentian in seed {G. vernd). At noon we left and and drove back to Scliarok, where I was sorry to find Hyland still ill with pains in his back. It was so very hard to make these Samoyeds give you the reasons for things. We happened to be talk- ing in Alexander's isba about the birds, and I found that the Russians too call the snowy owl 'snuff' (so
. 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. Natural history. sparkle. I collected many new flowers—a large ranun- culus, a very pretty pink {D. superbus) and a gentian in seed {G. vernd). At noon we left and and drove back to Scliarok, where I was sorry to find Hyland still ill with pains in his back. It was so very hard to make these Samoyeds give you the reasons for things. We happened to be talk- ing in Alexander's isba about the birds, and I found that the Russians too call the snowy owl 'snuff' (sowah). Alex- ander said he didn't in the least know why it was, un- less it was from some noise they made. I, who knew, of course, that it would be because of the snowy's hissing noise, tried hard to get the Samoyeds to explain why they also called it 'snuff,' or 'sneezing' (heinib- chur in the Samoyed, as I have said before). I did not succeed, though Uano was evidently quite satisfied that he had given the only explanation when he answered THE SPLENDID PINK (Diantkus superbus). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Trevor-Battye, Aubyn Bernard Rochefort, 1855-1922. Westminster, A. Constable and Company
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