Les Amou dos îles Kouriles. 



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reindeer-legs, tlie liair running backward 



called ^'crow-feet'" (velvi-yegit). Tliey consist of a willow 

 frame plaited witli a thong. Herdsmen and hunters wear these 

 snow-shoes for walking over uneven ground and hard snow. 

 The other kind are long, and are called ti-yegit. They are 

 made of a thinly planed aspen board, with pointed ends and tip 

 turned upwards, and arc lined underneath with the skin from 



These snow-shoes 

 ., are suitable for 

 ,, level regions, 

 . , and give a good 

 ,, support on soft 

 ,, snow, thanks 

 ,, to their light 

 ,, w^eight and 

 ,, large surface. 

 , , When * ' crow- 

 ,, feet " snow- 

 ,, shoes are used, 

 , , the feet are fre- 

 ,, quently lifted 

 ,, as in walking, 

 ,, while on long 

 ,, snow-shoes glid- 

 ing alone is resorted to. The Eskimo who, when hunting seal 

 in winter, have to cross rough and hummocky ice, employ 

 snow-shoes similar to the Koryak "crow-feet," while the long 

 snow-shoes are used more by hunters like the Tungus or Yuka- 

 ghir, who hunt wild animals in the forests or river-valleys 

 covered with deep and soft snow. The Koryak, as a rule, do 

 not make the long snow-shoes themselves, but purchase them 

 from the Tungus. The fresh side of the skin is fastened with 

 fish-glue under the wooden snoAV-shoes The edges of the skin 

 are turned over to the upper side.,, 



Bogoras enfin, The Chukchee, pag. 2G1 écrit: 

 ,, The snowshoes used in north-eastern Asia are of two varie- 

 ties, in accordance with character of the ground on which they 



Fiff. 46. Skis du Yôzo. 



