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occasionally, but we could not rely on their kindness to
appear and sacrifice themselves on our behalf. Happily
our men had brought two small nets with them, and soon
the ice between the island and the delta became sufficiently
strong to walk on, and permit us to set the nets beneath
it. Early every morning they were overhauled, and on
almost every occasion we had the good luck to catch three
or four fish, weighing from one to three pounds or more,
and thus we were daily provided with one form, at least,
of excellent diet.
Occupation was not lacking either. The Yakut who had
promised to make us winter clothes from reindeer-skins had
disappeared and thus added to the long list of tailors’ sins,
but in the delta we had been fortunate enough to buy
several skins, and these were now dried, tanned as well as
that operation could be carried out under the circumstances,
and made into winter furs for us by the natives. We
Europeans occupied ourselves with various matters, such
as meteorological observations, trips in search of game,
—which, however, had no other result than a few ptarmigan
—preparations for our ensuing journey and so forth.
In the long dark evenings, while the storm was raging
outside, we would sit about the fireplace in the yurta and
listen to the Shaman legends of the natives, or to the stories
of their adventures. Happily, we were all in good health,
except for the fact that I was more or less a sufferer from
rheumatism.
Living together with these natives in the same yurta, we
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