CHAP. VII. 



RELIGION. 



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The greater number of Samoyedes have adopted the Eussian 

 faith, and have been baptized into the Greek Church, but 

 many of these still retain their ancient beliefs, and sacrifice 

 to their idols, while in the more easterly parts of the 

 Great Land of the Samoyedes, many have not yet been 

 " converted." 



OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS. 



