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and in their wooden huts, they were hospitably 

 entertained during the long winter by their kind- 

 hearted little hosts. The crew of another Russian 

 schooner was left to winter on the south part of Nova 

 Zemla by their vessel being beset during a gale, and 

 carried bodily away to sea, whilst they were all on 

 shore ; and these men were also well looked after by 

 the Samoyedes. Some few of the schooners devote 

 themselves almost entirely to walrus, seals, and bears ; 

 and these either go very far north, following the 

 retreating pack till driven south again, or else keep 

 round 011 the east coast altogether, which being 

 generally in great measure frozen up all the year 

 round, is the best place to find the game they are 

 in search of. 



If one really wishes to take part in a white whale 

 hunt, it is necessary to have either a properly fitted 

 whale-boat, or a walrus-boat, so that when the whale 

 has been struck, his runs, plunges, and sharp doub- 

 lings may not either capsize or swamp it. The 

 Eussian schooners at anchor in some sheltered bay 

 always keep a party of men on the look-out on some 

 elevated place near, where they constantly remain till 

 relieved by others from their ships. They generally 

 build a hut of drift-wood and stones, or pitch a tent 

 near their look-out place, or else they would have a 

 bad time of it when the keen wind blows strong, and 

 during the cold nights when the sun sets low down 

 towards the horizon. 



