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of the Tunguses, had killed his bears with an iron-pointed
wooden spear.
One afternoon, after seventeen days’ captivity had elapsed,
a distant howling of dogs was heard, which struck upon
our ears like the music of a relieving army, and far away
in the dim twilight appeared an indistinct dark mass, which
came sweeping over the ice like a whirlwind towards the
island. In a few minutes we were surrounded by nine
natives with as many sledges and a hundred and ten
howling, yelling dogs. Our messengers sent back to the delta
for relief had fulfilled their mission faithfully, and the day
of our deliverance had come.
At daylight the following morning, the 11th of October,
we were ready to start upon our journey over the Arctic
Sea. The thermometer showed 13° below zero, and an
unpleasantly strong wind was blowing. Fortunately it was
from the east, and therefore favourable. The distance over
the sea to the mouth of the Olenek was about 120 miles,
but owing to the strong wind and the rapid falling of the
barometer it was decided that we should take a southerly
direction across the sea, which would enable us to reach
the mainland in one day, and then proceed over the
tundra to our destination.
The dogs were strong and fat, having lately had plenty
of food in the shape of reindeer and fish, the season of
the hunting of wild reindeer in the Lena delta having just
closed. According to my own observation and that of
others, the dogs of the region of the Lena and Yana
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