Hunting in Many Lands 



underneath the ice, employing a very simple 

 method, which, if De Long and his party had 

 known and provided for, they would never 

 have perished so miserably in the Lena delta. 

 Here we were witnesses to the fact which en- 

 titles us to claim that the common domestic 

 cow is not, strictly speaking, properly to be 

 classed among the herbivora. We distinctly 

 saw a very ordinary looking cow devour with 

 evident relish, while she was being milked, a 

 large jackfish, which had been taken from a 

 frozen pile stacked up outside of the house 

 and thawed for her evening meal. 



These Icelanders live as a rule in a primi- 

 tive but very comfortable way. They are 

 much more neat and cleanly than many of the 

 immigrants who come to the United States, 

 and it is a pity that we do not have them in 

 this country, for they seem to be very indus- 

 trious and would make good citizens. How- 

 ever, it is probable that they were in search of 

 cold weather, and would not be happy unless 

 they had it. If this is the case, they most cer- 

 tainly have chosen the best spot on this conti- 

 nent which is at all accessible ; for the region 

 around Lake Winnipeg Is, I am told, one of 

 the coldest places where any reliable record 



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