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pected soon to overtake our guides, who Iiad gone ahead with the rest 

 of the pack-horses; but when ascending a hill we lost the trail, and 

 for two days we wandered about in the high, treeless tundra without 

 food, fire or protection against wind and frost. At length we gathered 

 a large pile of wood and started a fire, the smoke of which was dis- 

 covered by our men, who had been searching for us all the time. At 

 the foot of the last pass we had to cross we were overtaken by a snow- 

 storm, which detained us for three days. At length on October 5, we 

 reached Paren, a winter village of the Koryak. The village, however, 

 was deserted, since the people were still living in their summer village, 

 about fifteen miles distant. I sent my men to notify them of our 

 arrival, and on the following day two skin boats arrived at the mouth 

 of the river to convey us to the village Kuel, on the river of the same 

 name. Before our departure from Paren, 1 sent back my two guides 

 with the horses, which were exhausted by the long journey. The 

 return journey of these men lasted eighteen days, and was full of 

 accidents. In a snowstorm they lost six horses, the men themselves 

 almost perished of cold and hunger, and after their arrival in Gishiga 

 six more horses died of exhaustion. 



After our arrival at Kuel, our investigations began. During the 

 first half of the winter 1900-01 we carried on our work in the villages 

 of the Maritime Koryak of the bays of Gishiga and Penshina. The 

 second half of the winter was spent in the camps of the Reindeer 

 Koryak in the interior of the country. When the winter trails were 

 in good condition, I went to Gishiga to replenish my provisions and 

 barter, and then we started with twenty dog-sledges for Kamenskoye, 

 where I staid for some time. 



While we were located at this place, Mr. Bogoras came overland on 

 a visit from Anadyr, and spent the month of December with us. 

 During this time he was engaged in studies of the Koryak lan- 

 guage. After his arrival, I sent Mr. Axelrod to Anadyr to take 

 charge of Mr. Bogoras's station until his return. Mr. Bogoras 

 completed his linguistic studies, and then proceeded to visit the 

 villages of northern Kamchatka. After his return, Mr. Axelrod staid 

 with him at Anadyr. 



In all my journeys I was accompanied by Mrs. Jochelson. who, 

 being a candidate for the degree of medicine at the University of 

 Zurich, took charge of the anthropometrical and medical work of the 

 expedition and of most of the photographic work. 



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