BACK TO SCHAROK 303 
going straight into training together without any older 
beast to steady them; Verrmyah said this was great fun, 
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‘“much laughter. 
August 15th.—| fear if I make more digressions this 
will run into a very big book. So now for diary pure 
and simple. 
‘Wind SE.,, light till evening, then strong. Heavy hot 
shower at 2 p.M.; thermometer, noon 67°, midnight 52°, 
bar. 29°7 in. I went out early for a walk by the sea; 
it is a lovely morning, and I exactly determined our 
position, having good fixed points in Pesanka range, 
Barakoska Nos, and Swan Lake. Collected some snowy 
owl pellets from a mound, on which one, a male, was 
sitting. There are, I believe, no mammals’ bones among 
them, excepting in one, very old and bleached. Here I 
found a few bones, probably of a lemming. The deer 
have eaten the place clean, and are now breaking away so 
far that Uano said we must move to-day. At 5.15 there- 
fore we left, and at 6.45 we reached our present camp. 
Very slowly we came, winding in and out of the hills, 
till we rose 150 feet to an excellent little hill. South- 
east of this is a rise in the ground, from which you can 
see the sea all round, and even the huts at Scharok. [| 
went up there with my glass, but could see no sign of a 
boat. They killed a cow (wazanka), and I bought 
three funt (about 3 Ibs. 144 0z. go to the funt or foont) 
of fat at 10 kopek per funt. 
