RE-CROSSING 



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I have seldom seen a picture which correctly o-ives 

 this. In Nordenskiold's Vega picture the sleigh is 

 wrong, the deer are incorrectly harnessed, and the man 

 sits on the wrong side of the sleigh. I fancy this picture 

 must have been inspired by 

 an old print which I have 

 seen. 



A Samoyed always sits on 

 the left side of the sleigh, 

 and his lono- rein is attached 



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to the left-hand reindeer. 

 But I will leave this for the 

 present. 



ftdy ist. — At 2.30 a.m. we 

 came to a place by a lake, 

 where was good pasturage. 

 Here we halted, all the rein- 

 deer but five were turned 

 loose, and the Samoyeds all 

 lay down to sleep in the 

 same attitude. They lay 

 flat on their backs, with their hands, as I thought then, 

 stretched out by their sides. But in reality only their 

 stiff sleeves so remained, for the hands were inside on 

 the chest. 



Then I walked down to the lake, which was evidently 

 much frequented by geese. There I waited for an hour 



SAMOYED IN THE SOVIK 



