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divide tlie caravan into two parts, leave the women, 

 children, and domestic animals behind, and push forward 

 without any baggage, except the necessary food. So, on 

 June 28th, "thirty sledges, tents, etc., were left with the 

 women and children, who were to live their nomadic life 

 as best they could. The male Syrianes took ten sledges 

 and went on with Trontheim." At last, on July 9th, 

 after more wanderings, they saw the sea from a " high 

 hill," and next day they reached Khabarova, where 

 Trontheim learned that no steamer had arrived yet in 

 Yugor Strait, nor had any sail been seen. At this time 

 the whole shore of Yugor Strait and all the sea within 

 sight was covered with ice, driven there by northerly 

 winds. The sea was not quite open till July 2 2d. 

 Trontheim passed the time while he was waiting for 

 the Frain in hunting and making excursions with his 

 dogs, which were in excellent condition. He was often 

 in the Sibiriakoff colony, a meeting - place for the 

 Samoyedes of the district, who come here in considerable 

 numbers to dispose of their wares. And it was a 

 melancholy phase of life he saw here in this little " world- 

 forsaken " colony. " Every summer two or three mer- 

 chants or peasant traders, generally from Pustozersk, 

 come for the purpose of bartering with the Samoyedes, 

 and sometimes the Syrianes, too, for their wares — bear- 

 skins, blubber, and sealskins, reindeer- skins, and such 

 like — giving in exchange tea, sugar, flour, household 

 utensils, etc. No transaction takes place without the 



