INSIDE AN OSTIAK CHOOM 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



OUR JOURNEY'S END. 



Soft Roads — Sledging with Dogs — Sledging with Reindeer — We reach 

 the Thames — Cost of Travelling — The Yenesei River — Good Health of 

 the Thames Crew — Precautions against Scurvy — Fatal Results of Neglect 

 — Picturesqueness of our Winter Quarters — View from the House — 

 Through the Forest on Snowshoes — Birds — The Nutcracker — Continued 

 Excursions in the Forest — Danger ahead. 



The road from Turukansk to the Kureika is very little 

 frequented. So far to the north, the traffic has dwindled 

 down to almost nothing, consequently the snow never 

 gets trodden down hard, and sledging in heavy sankas is 

 impossible. We were therefore obliged once more to 

 abandon our sledg-es and to have still lighter ones. As 

 there were only four stages, we decided to hire them 

 from stage to stage and repack our baggage into fresh 

 sledges at each station. We had the remains of the 



