348 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 
September wth.‘ NE. Blew hard till mid-day, when 
abated, and evening was calm. With the exception of a 
slight abatement on Monday last we have had ten days 
of gale—not wind, but 
gale. This has been a 
woful day of Samoyed 
drunkenness. It is a 
point of honour with them 
_ to drink fair. And as old 
Yelisei was unable to 
move from his position 
face downwards on the 
ground, the women turned 
him over and poured vod- 
ki down his throat. There 
were, of course, comical 
interludes, e¢g., an old 
DRESS OF THE RUSSIAN TRADERS 
woman crawling inch by 
inch up the steep plank to Alexis’ karbass. Sketched 
chapel and our ombara, but the wind was biting. The 
stielka grass is only now coming well into flower.’ 
September 8th.—’W. Quiet in a.m., rain and wind 
p.M. Alexander's karbass has swung on to the mud; 
there was no water at high tide, so another good day 
has been lost. It is very trying to see all this favourable 
wind going by. 
‘Alexis’ men killed a hundred young deer to-day, 
