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 . wasmiserable lodging to-day, for the snow soaked in. September $th.— Gale all clay, with snowand rain. Bitter cold. The curly-headed Yugor camedrunk into my hut, and after turning him out twice (hewas all liquid mud from head to foot from falling in thecreek) I had to fire my collecting gun over his head,which scared him so that he crawled away crossing him-self in terror. Yakoff Popoff brings in word that thekarbass (boat) is broken by swinging round on t
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 . wasmiserable lodging to-day, for the snow soaked in. September $th.— Gale all clay, with snowand rain. Bitter cold. The curly-headed Yugor camedrunk into my hut, and after turning him out twice (hewas all liquid mud from head to foot from falling in thecreek) I had to fire my collecting gun over his head,which scared him so that he crawled away crossing him-self in terror. Yakoff Popoff brings in word that thekarbass (boat) is broken by swinging round on to a , much concerned, says it is the fault of mybolvan. (This was the first sign of a grievance which developedunpleasantly later on.) September 6th.—E. Rather warmer, with gale anddriving rain all day. The whole area on which the hutsstood now resembled a slaughter-house. As you walkedabout you had momentarily to creep under lines of flap-ping wet raw reindeer skins ; the ground was drenchedin blood and covered with reindeer paunches and I think the diary itself will give a sufficient idea I: m 4ii > IA f ml • mm Mi jjpS 1 iM 1 /\ M-m ? ii
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