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I have seldom seen a picture which correctly gives 
this. In Nordenskiédld’s Vega picture the sleigh is 
wrong, the deer are incorrectly harnessed, and the man 
sits on the wrong side of the sleigh. I fancy this picture 
must have been inspired by 
an old print which I have 
seen. 
A Samoyed always sits on 
the Zef/t side of the sleigh, 
and his long rein is attached 
to the left-hand reindeer. 
But I will leave this for the 
present. 
July ist.—At 2.30 A.M. we 
came to a place by a lake, 
where was good pasturage. 
Here we halted, all the rein- 
deer but five were turned 
loose, and the Samoyeds all 
lay down to sleep in the 
same attitude. They lay 
flat on their backs, with their hands, as I thought then, 
stretched out by their sides. But in reality only their 
stiff sleeves so remained, for the hands were inside on 
the chest. 
Then I walked down to the lake, which was evidently 
much frequented by geese. There I waited for an hour 
SAMOYED IN THE SOVIK 
