CONTENTS ix 



CHAPTER X 



PAOE 



The charm of the tundra — The reindeer sledges — " Into the tundra " 

 — A wet drive — The sense of locality — A difficult passage — 

 The choom — A wet night— The Dolgan family — Sunshine on 

 the tundra — Photographing the Eastern golden plover — A 

 goose hunt — Good-bye to the tundra . . . . 204 



CHAPTER XI 



Swerifskye — Its reputation — We go there — Mnogie vino — A stroll 

 on the tundra — A night in the open air — Walk to Och Marino 

 — Mirage — A search-party — Birds and men at Och Marino . 228 



CHAPTER XII 



A native postman — An invitation — We go to Kazachye — A mid- 

 night visit — Simeon Prokopchuk and his family — Mezen- 

 chyne — The long-tailed skuas — A night on the river-bank — 

 The tragedy of the balagans — The flowers of the tundra — 

 The return to Golchika — Appeasing Gerasim Androvitch . 240 



CHAPTER XIII 



The fall of the year — The departure of the chooms — The arrival of 

 the Yenesiesk — First news of the war — Packing up — A 

 dinner with the Antonoffs — Church parade at Golchika — 

 The Turukhansk and Lena arrive — Stormbound — News 

 of home — The Oryol again — Joseph Gerasimvitch — Dis- 

 appointed hopes — The English steamers — A native wedding 

 — Nosonovsky Ostrov ...... 256 



CHAPTER XIV 



Nosonovsky Ostrov — The English expedition — Our party is broken 

 up — The Ecujna and the Skule — A cosmopolitan crew — A 

 heavy cargo— Homeward bound— The last sight of Golchika 

 — Dickson Island — In the ice— A narrow escape — Wireless 

 news — A Government scandal — Novaya Zemlya . . 280 



