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natives the youngest son alone succeeds his father, inheriting
not only his belongings, but also his debts! The other sons,
and perhaps the daughters too, may receive some gift, or
else nothing. If there be only daughters, then the
inheritance goes to the youngest living brother, or the nearest
male relative of the deceased.
On the following day we worked hard, rowing against
strong winds. We ran aground several times on sandbanks
and had to wade in the ice-cold water to get the boat
afloat again, and on one occasion were within an ace of
getting swamped. Finally, a blinding snowstorm compelled
us to seek shelter and protect ourselves as best we could
during the bitterly cold evening and night. We were
unfortunately without proper winter clothes, the native who
had promised to make them for us having disappeared,
and consequently we suffered severely. During this day
we passed the island of Boskaya, consisting of pure ice,
with a stratum of earth and driftwood resting on it.
In the morning the storm had quieted down, and we
started early. When we were under way, the wind got
up again, but happily from the right quarter, so that with
occasional hard rowing and the aid of the wind and the
current we went along at a great pace and made about
50 miles in 7 hours, reaching a place called Ytang in the
afternoon without any more serious adventure than getting
the boat half filled with water in spite of constant baling.
At Ytang we found very good yurtas and nice hospitable
people. In the family with whom we put up there were
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