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THE MAMMALIA OF CHURCH LAND, 
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Tjapka, lying between Yinretlen and Behring’s Straits. I after¬ 
wards got another from the village Irgunnuk, situated five 
English miles cast of Yinretlen. 
‘‘The more uncommon land mammals wintering in these 
regions are the wolf and the wild reindeer. Footprints of the 
latter were seen on the 23rd March, in the mountain region, 
fifteen to twenty miles south of Yinretlen. According to the 
Chukches account some few reindeer remain on the hills along 
the coast, while the greater number migrate southwards towards 
MARMOTS FROM CHURCH LAND. 
winter. Besides these, tAvo other mammals live here during 
winter, though they are only seen during summer and autumn, 
because they hibernate the rest of the time. These are the 
land hear and the marmot {Arctomys sp.). We saw no land 
bear, but on the 8th October Lieutenant Hovgaard and I found 
traces of this animal two or three English miles from the coast. 
The Chukches say that the land bear is not uncommon in 
summer. The marmot occurs in large numbers. It was brought 
on board for the first time by a Chukch, and the following day 
