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■\,,,. u, must be verj careful to prevent the leading goose to direct 

 his steps towards the mountain instead of our snares. If he goes 

 there all will follow him, and in that case you will not catch him even 

 with the help of deer". They run very fast. From dogs and men they 

 run into water. We know this and go about carefully, not hurryingly 

 like children. If one goosi gets into the gate all will follow him there, 

 and become an apture.' 



•And if they do not enter your gate, what then?" 



'Then we must make him enter; for this we are endowed with 

 reason. But it is also true there are geese and geese, and some of 

 them an- exceedingly cunning. They like to hide themselves, and it 

 is n<»t easj to find them out, and even then it is not easy to catch them. 

 Such g< i 5( we trj to drive into the gate by going in boats to the middle 

 of the small lake, but it is not easy task to do. Geese know men to be 

 th< ir enemies, and are careful. Though of course there are geese and 

 Some are very stupid and easy to be caught, especially the 

 brent goose, who walks of its own accord into our huts. We export 

 from EColguev about one hundred thousand birds, and could get even 

 moi 



It will be seen later on how excellently this agrees on the whole with 

 ttii nking as done to-day by the Samoyeds. 



This brings to an end all important references to Kolguev Island, 

 which I have been able so far to collect. Very possibly there is more 

 in the Russian, and possibly something still in our own libraries not 

 readily accessible. I shall be very grateful to any informant who may 

 be able to help in this respect. 



