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skin which are quite new to science. I have had very good success in 

 using the phonograph, and have obtained songs of the Gilyak and 

 Tungus. Linguistic work on Saghahn was very difficult, because there 

 are no interpreters capable of translating texts. There is no one who 

 knows more than the most common phrases of Russian. Among the 

 Ainu, Russian is entirely unknown; and for the purpose of interpret- 

 ing I had to use Japanese, with which, however, they are not very 

 familiar either. Nevertheless, my knowledge of the Japanese language 

 facilitated my work among them since they like the Japanese people. 

 I collected most of my material among the Ainu during the night-time, 

 because it is only at this time that everything is active. There is a great 

 difference between the Ainu dialects of Yezo and Saghalin, the latter 

 being much more archaic. I did not succeed in obtaining any anthro- 

 pometric measurements. The people were afraid that they would die 

 at once after submitting to this process. Although I had their con- 

 fidence, I failed in my efforts in this direction, even after offering them 

 presents which they considered of great value. I succeeded in measur- 

 ing a single individual, a man of imposing stature, who, after the 

 measurements had been taken, fell prostrate on the floor, the picture 

 of despair, groaning, " Now 1 am going to die to-morrow!" 



I started comparatively late on my journey along the east coast 

 of Saghalin, because I was detained for two months and a half by a 

 severe attack of influenza. As soon as I had sufficiently recovered, 

 I visited one of the Gilyak villages where the people were celebrating 

 one of their bear festivals. I was welcomed with much delight, since 

 I met several of my accjuaintances of last summer. For five days I 

 assisted in the ceremonial, and was even permitted to witness the sac- 

 rifice of the dog, which is kept secret from the Russians. . . . On 

 New Year's eve I reached my southernmost point on the island. On 

 the following day I took phonographic records of songs, which created 

 the greatest sensation among the Russians as well as among the 

 natives. A young Gilyak woman who sang into the instrument said, 

 "It took me so long to learn this song, and this thing has learned it 

 at once, without making any mistakes. There is surely a man or a 

 spirit in this box which imitates me!" and at the same time she was 

 crying and laughing with excitement. 



On the 2d of January I started bv dog-sledge northward. This 

 journey was exceedingly difficult, and sometimes even dang'erous. 

 At one time I narrowly escaped drowning when crossing the ice at the 

 foot of a steep promontory. I broke through the ice, which was 



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