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EXCURSION TO COREGONUS LAKE. 
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which flows between Nutschoitjin and the mountain Hotsch- 
keanranga about ten English miles south of this lake and falls 
into the great lagoon south of Pitlekaj. Farther into the 
interior this river, according to Notti’s statement, flows through 
several lakes: he also informed us that in summer it abounds 
very much in salmon {lienne). Some sandy hills formed the 
watershed between it and Nutschoitjin. The only animal we 
saw during our outward journey was a fox. On the other hand 
we found traces of hares, ptarmigan, and a couple of lemmings. 
After we had found a suitable camping-place, we began to build 
a snow-house, which, however, we could not get ready till 
next day. 
“ On the 21st Brusewitz and I went out to view our nearest 
surroundings. On a hill north of the lake, where Potentilla, 
Carex, and Poa stuck up through the snow-covering, we saw a 
large number of traces of the fox, the hare, and the ptarmigan. 
We employed the 22nd in cutting some holes in the ice, which 
was about one and a half metres thick, and in setting a net. For 
I wished to ascertain what species of Coregonus it is which, 
according to Notti’s statement, occurs in abundance in this lake. 
At the place where the net was set there was something more 
than a metre of water under the ice. The bottom consisted of 
mud. When we cut a hole in the middle of the lake in order to 
get deeper water we found that the ice, one and a half metres 
thick there, reached to the bottom. 
“ Next morning we got in the net eleven Coregoni, of which 
the largest were about thirty-flve centimetres long. Although 
the weather was grey and we could not see very far, we went the 
same day to the hill Hotschkeanranga ; partly to determine its 
height, and partly from its summ it, which is visible for a great 
distance, to get a view of the appearance of the surrounding 
country. After crossing the river which flows between Nuts- 
choitjin and Hotchkeanranga, we began to ascend the long slope 
on whose summit Hotchkanrakenljeut (Hotchkeanranga s head) 
rises with steep sides above the surrounding country. Over the 
slope were scattered loose blocks of stone of an eruptive rock. 
The crest of “ the head ” was also closely covered with loose 
stones. On the north or wind side these stones were covered 
with a hard beaten crust of snow nearly two feet thick; on the 
south side most of them were bare. According to Brusewitz the 
southern slopes are still steeper than the northern. South of 
the hill he saw a large valley—probably a lake—through which 
flows the river which we crossed. 
“ As on the outward journey I went with Notti, he advised me 
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