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The distances proved to be much greater than we had
expected, owing to the fact that at this late season of the
year we were obliged to follow very crooked channels
through the delta, whereas, had we started earlier when the
water was higher, we might have taken a much less
tortuous route.
Again we had a very cold night. All the lakes and
marshes on the islands had already frozen, and ice began
to appear in the large channel we were to follow.
At Tora there was plenty of provision, at all events of
reindeer-meat, and the hostess of the hut where we lodged
showed us great hospitality. As usual, I was invited to
the place of honour in the right-hand corner of the yurta.
In the meantime the hostess and her daughter were busy
sweeping out the place and preparing food for us. She
then took a low table, brought a kind of plane, and
planed it in lieu of scrubbing it, making it look quite new,
while the daughter cut shavings from a piece of
willow-bark, which were used as napkins! Finally, the table was
placed before us, and dried reindeer-meat and frozen
reindeer-marrow were served in a large wooden bowl, and
frozen fish in another. I, in my turn, treated our hostess
and the other natives to tea, dried bread (the only vegetable
food in our possession besides some cocoa and oatmeal)
and tobacco.
During the night a fierce storm raged, which, however,
quieted down a little in the morning. The chief now said
he could not go with us further, having no winter clothes
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