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ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 



' The exasperating feature in this week was that it was impossible to do much 

 collecting. I made notes, picked what flowers and took what insects I could ; and 

 when we halted searched the banks for Saurian and Mammoth remains, though I 

 found none. But any proper work was impossible. We could not carry an ounce 

 more, not even eggs ; though I did manage to get the grey plovers' and the little stints' 

 safely through. I was struck by the dearth of mammals, the dearth of raptorial 

 birds, the absence of swans, the limited list of passerine birds. Of these two last 

 we have only added the white wagtail to those we saw before. 



WINTER HOOD 

 OF SAMOYF.D WOMAN 



