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WAITING FOR SPRING 



The Ostiaks are a much larger race, not so nearly- 

 allied to the Samoyedes as the Yuraks are. They are 

 distributed immediately south of the Yuraks from the 

 Arctic Circle to nearly as far south as the Kamin Pass. 



The Dolgan territory is bounded on the north by the 

 Samoyede land about 70° N., on the south by the Arctic 

 Circle, on the west by the Yenesei, from which river it 

 extends eastwards three or four hundred miles. These 

 people belong to an entirely different race, and are very 

 nearly allied to the Tatars. 



The Yakuts occupy the district watered by the 

 Katanga River from 70° to about ^2,° North latitude. 

 They are near allies of the Dolgan and Tatar races. 



The Tungusks occupy the districts on the east bank 

 of the Yenesei drained by the two great rivers, the 

 Nishni Tungusk and Kamina Tungusk, as far east as 

 the watershed of the Lena. They are copper-coloured 

 like the Dolgans and Yakuts, but their language bears 

 no resemblance to any of the races I have mentioned. 



BKONZE KNIVES FROM ANCIENT GRAVE NEAR KRASNOYARSK 



