THE NOKTH-EAST PASSAGE. 13 



After having been compelled by severe storm to 

 take refuge for three days in a bay near Xorth Cape, 

 we ultimately got out to sea on the 25th of July. A 

 pretty stiff breeze with heavy sea soon brought about 

 our separation from our lesser companion the Lena ; 

 and we did not again see her until the 31st of July, 

 the day after Ave anchored at our rendezvous, Yugor- 

 scharr, the sound lying between Waigatz Island (south 

 of JSTovaya Zemlia) and the mainland. At Yugor- 

 scharr we also met other two vessels, the steamer 

 Fraser and the barque Express, which, through Pro- 

 fessor Xordenskiold, had been chartered for account 

 of Herr Sibirikoff to load a cargo of grain and tallow 

 at the mouth of the Yenisei. 



At Yugorscharr there is a village of which the 

 inhabitants are partly Samoiedes, partly Russian. 

 The Samoiedes there settled were Christians, spoke 

 pretty fair Eussian, and had a church of their own, 

 although it was little better or larger than a very 

 small and poor wooden hovel. They are a people 

 of small stature, with broad faces, prominent cheek- 

 bones, yellow complexion, oblique eyes, and flat 

 noses. Their costume is much like that worn by 

 the Lapps. They live on what they catch of seals 

 and fish. The Russians in the village remain there 

 only during summer, during which season they fish 

 and barter goods with the Samoiedes, returning in 

 the autumn to the interior of Russia. They usually 

 have their homes in Petchora or that district. 



