LASSOING REINDEKR 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE SAMOYEDES. 



Trip to Habariki — Samoyedes — Lassoing Reindeer — Dogs of the Natives 

 — Samoyede Sledges — Reindeer Harness — The Chooms — Samoyede 

 HospitaUty — Marriage Ceremonies — Funeral Rites — Religion. 



It was quite obvious that we should make little or no 

 progress in our ornithological researches until summer 

 came. We accordingly laid ourselves out to pick up 

 further information about the Samoyedes, so that our 

 time might not be absolutely wasted. We had not yet 

 visited any of their chooms, or tents, and we were glad 

 to learn from Captain Engel that there were several in 

 the neighbourhood of Habariki. On Thursday morning, 

 April 29, we sledged over to that village, a distance 

 of forty versts. The road was about two- thirds on the 

 Petchora, and the remaining third across country, 



