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going straight into training together without any older 

 beast to steady them ; Verrmyah said this was great fun, 

 " much laughter." ' 



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August \^th. — I fear if I make more digressions this 

 will run into a very big book. So now for diary pure 

 and simple. 



' Wind SE., light till evening, then strong. Heavy hot 

 shower at 2 p.m. ; thermometer, noon 67 , midnight 52 , 

 bar. 297 in. I went out early for a walk by the sea ; 

 it is a lovely morning", and I exactly determined our 

 position, having good fixed points in Pesanka range, 

 Barakoska Nos, and Swan Lake. Collected some snowy 

 owl pellets from a mound, on which one, a male, was 

 sitting. There are, I believe, no mammals' bones among 

 them, excepting in one, very old and bleached. Here I 

 found a few bones, probably of a lemming. The deer 

 have eaten the place clean, and are now breaking away so 

 far that Uano said we must move to-day. At 5.15 there- 

 fore we left, and at 6.45 we reached our present camp. 

 Very slowly we came, winding in and out of the hills, 

 till we rose 1 50 feet to an excellent little hill. South- 

 east of this is a rise in the ground, from which you can 

 see the sea all round, and even the huts at Scharok. I 

 went up there with my glass, but could see no sign of a 

 boat. They killed a cow (wazanka), and I bought 

 three funt (about 3 lbs. 14! oz. go to the funt or foont) 

 of fat at 10 kopek per funt. 



