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land to-day. Instead he sent Yugor, a curly-headed, 

 heavy Samoyed, to help Tima Fe in his work. 



' Hyland returned from Verrmyah's choom, having 

 had great fun in driving "adliurgo" with dirty Shabla 

 after the herd, which they brought down. Our hut was 

 miserable lodging to-day, for the snow soaked in.' 



September $th. — 'N.NE. Gale all clay, with snow 

 and rain. Bitter cold. The curly-headed Yugor came 

 drunk into my hut, and after turning him out twice (he 

 was all liquid mud from head to foot from falling in the 

 creek) I had to fire my collecting gun over his head, 

 which scared him so that he crawled away crossing him- 

 self in terror. Yakoff Popoff brings in word that the 

 karbass (boat) is broken by swinging round on to a stone. 

 Alexander, much concerned, says it is the fault of my 

 bolvan.' 



(This was the first sign of a grievance which developed 

 unpleasantly later on.) 



September 6th. — E. Rather warmer, with gale and 

 driving rain all day. The whole area on which the huts 

 stood now resembled a slaughter-house. As you walked 

 about you had momentarily to creep under lines of flap- 

 ping wet raw reindeer skins ; the ground was drenched 

 in blood and covered with reindeer paunches and skulls. 

 But I think the diary itself will give a sufficient idea of 

 this. 



