LASSOING REINDEER. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Trip to Habariki — Samoyedes — Lassoing reindeer — Dogs — Birds — Samoyede 

 ■ sledges — Reindeer harness — The chooms — Samoyede hospitality — Marriage 

 ceremonies — Funeral rites — Religion. 



It was quite obvious that we should make little or no pro- 

 cress in our ornithological researches until summer came. 

 We accordingly laid ourselves out to pick up further infor- 

 mation about the Samoyedes, so that our time might not 

 be absolutely wasted. We had not yet visited any of their 

 chooms, or tents, and we were glad to learn from Captain 

 Engel that there were several in the neighbourhood of 

 Habariki. On Thursday morning we sledged over to that 

 village, a distance of forty versts. The road was about two- 



