276 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 
Mekolka looked quite sad. For they are a simple folk, 
and make no pretence of concealing their emotions ; and 
Mekolka had quite made up his mind that they would 
have us with them all the winter. But now he returned 
to the attack. 
‘Kolguev winter very good. Yes, yes very, very 
good. Walrus—bear. Samoyed shoot bear. Pesanka 
mountains. Mekolka go his sleigh quick, shoot many 
bullets. Bear dead quick. Yes, yes. Big moon.’ 
The Samoyeds did their best to prevent their wretched 
tents from blowing away by piling boats and sleighs 
round them. Also we had a boat behind our tent, which 
broke the wind a little, or I think it must have gone. 
Onaska went down to thé creek, and brought away 
two sleigh-loads of brent 
from the cache, which our 
friends set to work to pluck. 
August 2nd.—The gale, 
which raged all night, fell 
off a bit during this day, 
and Verrmyah drove away 
to get his choom. With 
this he returned in the evening, and the whole Uano 
family moved into it. 
SAMOYED WOMAN'S WORK-BAG 
Kallina came and sat in my tent door to make his 
arrows. The shaft is of drift-wood winged with grey 
goose feathers, split in half, but not trimmed. The 
