76 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 
look at the end of Sir George Nares’ book on the Arctic 
Expedition of 1875 you will find a most interesting account 
by Colonel H. W. Feilden of this animal’s habits as 
observed in Grinnell Land. Had I known of this before 
I should have made a closer inquiry into the interior of 
the holes. As it was, I noticed only that the place was 
strewn with the remains of geese, and that the sternum 
and fore-legs of a small seal were lying there. I was on 
the look-out for the remains of the lemmings, so I did of 
course look down into the burrows as far as I could see ; 
but very possibly a little digging might have revealed 
the larders described by Colonel Feilden. We could not, 
however, afford to wait if we were to find the firer of 
shots. 
It was not long before we came upon the track 
of a sleigh drawn by five reindeer. This was very 
cheering, for it might have been made yesterday—it 
looked so fresh. 
We began to follow that sleigh-track. It doubled and 
twisted all about. The man had been collecting willow- 
grouse eggs, or else the dog (for he had a dog) had been 
collecting them: I could not quite make out which. 
But we saw several plundered nests and places where a 
bird had been shot, or more probably caught by the 
dog. Often it was very hard to follow the track. I was 
very much struck with the lightness of the runners. 
Of reindeer sleighs I at this time knew nothing, of 
course. 
