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This meal we commonly spoke of as ‘ortow,’ but ‘sienitz’ 
and ‘hoom’ both mean morning, and possibly ‘hov’ is 
simply euphonic for ‘hoom.’ 
2. Yaliernia zeindow= midday meal. 
3. Vayosoom zeindow = supper. 
We had ‘ yaliernia zeindow’ now. An excellent goose 
stew the women made, and when we had finished all the 
meat out of ‘ yud,’ barley flour was thrown in, and a capital 
soup resulted. This went either by the Russian name of 
‘schtee,’ or the Samoyed word ‘yah.’ 
The men drank this soup in the Russian peasant way, 
four spoons to one bowl, but we had our iron cups. The 
stewed goose fished out with a bent nail was either 
spread on a low wooden stool, or into wooden bowls, 
with which the choom was provided. 
The dogs at meal-times were not so bad, but outside 
were an intolerable nuisance. It was impossible to move 
without a train of yelling curs at your heels. In par- 
ticular, there was an exceedingly handsome dog, an especial 
favourite with Mrs. Uano, Huilka by name, and he bit 
Hyland. He made no sound when attacking, only 
came quietly up and bit. Fortunately the wound was 
very slight, but it naturally annoyed Hyland very much. 
Such a miserable day it was, however, with its snow 
and keen north wind, that we did nothing more than 
pitch our tent. This was a matter of some difficulty. 
It was hard to find a spot where the pegs would hold, 
for all the ground was sandy. The wind, too, was much 
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