DOLGAN HUNTER WITH OSTIAK BOW AND DRUM OF SAMOYEDE SHAMAN 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



A BUSY WEEK ON THE KUREIKA. 



Four Species added to my List — Dotterel — Rapid Rise of the River — 

 Open Water — Arrival of the Great Snipe — Pallas's Sand-martin — Com- 

 mon Sandpiper — Characteristics of the Native Tribes — Ship Repairs — 

 Pine Bunting — Ice lost in the Forest — Glinski's Industry — Ruby-throated 

 Warbler — Wax wings — Nutcrackers — DeathofaTungusk — Funeral Rites — 

 Diseases of the Natives — Their Improvidence — Uselessness of the Priests. 



It rained off and on the whole of Saturday the 9th of 

 June, nevertheless birds were plentiful. The first great 

 rush of migration seems to take place as soon as the ice 



