11.] 



TRAFFIC WITH THE SAMOYEDS. 



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possible with the common reflecting circle and chronometer, 

 with the following result : — 



rri ni 1 X r^i I i Latitude 69° 38' 50". 



ihe Lluirch at Lliabarova < ^ •*. j cno in' An" tt' f n • i 



I Longitude 60 19 49 E. from Greenwich. 



When the observations were finished I hastened to renew my 

 acquaintance with my old friends on the spot. I also endea- 

 voured to purchase from the Samoyeds dresses and household 

 articles ; but as I had not then with rae goods for barter, and 

 ready money appeared to be of small account with them, prices 

 were very higli ; for instance, for a lady's beautiful " pesk," 



LAPP AKJA. 



.•Vftcr original in the Northern Museum, Stockholm. 



twenty roubles ; for a cap with brass ornaments, ten roubles ; 

 for a pair of boots of reindeer skin, two roubles ; for copper 

 ornaments for hoods, tw'o roubles each ; and so on. 



As I knew that the Samoyeds during their wanderings 

 always carry idols with them, I asked them whether they could 

 not sell me some. All at first answered in the negative. It 

 was evident that they were hindered from complying with my 

 requests partly by superstition, partly by being a little ashamed, 

 before the West European, of the nature of their gods. The 

 metallic lustre of some rouble pieces which I had procured in 

 Stockholm, however, at last induced an old woman to set aside 



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