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and 9 is * habe you,' ' habe ' meaning (that) ' before 

 the ten.'' 



Parmi has heard of an unchristianised Samoyede east 

 of Petchora with seven wives. These are kept apart in 

 separate chooms. 



A man is seldom seen among them of Birse's height, 

 say 5 feet 11 inches. 



Parmi seemed easily and readily to understand how to 

 exchange words of Samoyede and Russian, and we had 

 no difficulty in writing down a few corrections and 

 additions to our former vocabulary received from Father 

 Inokentia. 



After about an hour of this questioning we all dressed 

 in our furs, etc., Birse, Piottuch, Seebohm, and myself, 

 and sledged with the Samoyede's Eeindeer across to 

 Moses Ostrov, where, in summer three years ago, Alston 

 and I, found many Terek Sandpipers. Getting on snow- 

 shoes we stayed some time there, but all we shot were 

 two Northern Marsh Tits and one Mealy Redpoll. The 

 Reindeer — eight in number — in two sledges were females, 

 and small. Parmi possesses about fifty Reindeer, which 

 are at present at the choom, about fifteen versts from 

 Archangel. 



March '27. 



Saturday, the 27th of March, was a somewhat idle day. 

 I bought two more crosses for which I paid 4 roubles 16 

 kopeks. 



March 28. 

 On Sunday, the 28th of March, Mr. and Mrs. Birse and 

 Seebohm and I drove over to a village on the near islands 

 of the Delta, and there met two Miss Kelsons, English 

 ladies long resident in Archangel. 



Seebohm and I went out for a couple of hours on 

 snow-skates, and shot a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, three 

 Redpolls, and two Bullfinches. 



