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ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 



Mekolka looked quite sad. For they are a simple folk, 

 and make no pretence of concealing their emotions ; and 

 Mekolka had quite made up his mind that they would 

 have us with them all the winter. But now he returned 

 to the attack. 



' Kolguev winter very good. Yes, yes very, very 

 good. Walrus — bear. Samoyed shoot bear. Pesanka 

 mountains. Mekolka go his sleigh quick, shoot many 

 bullets. Bear dead quick. Yes, yes. Big moon.' 



The Samoyeds did their best to prevent their wretched 

 tents from blowing away by piling boats and sleighs 

 round them. Also we had a boat behind our tent, which 

 broke the wind a little, or I think it must have o-one. 



Onaska went down to the creek, and brought away 



two sleigh-loads of brent 

 from the cache, which our 

 friends set to work to pluck. 



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SAMOYED WOMAN S WORK-BAG 



August 2nd. — The gale, 

 which raged all night, fell 

 off a bit during this day, 

 and Verrmyah drove away 

 to £et his choom. With 



this he returned in the evening, and the whole Uano 



family moved into it. 



Kallina came and sat in my tent door to make his 



arrows. The shaft is of drift-wood winged with grey 



goose feathers, split in half, but not trimmed. The 



