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from Katangskoie on the arrival of the people and reindeer
we had sent for.
It would be tempting to reproduce the contents of my
diary of our adventurous journey over the Taimyr tundra,
but I fear that the details might tire the reader and
swell this volume too much, and must accordingly limit
myself to a general description. Our winter costumes
consisted of the following garments:—stockings made of the
skins of reindeer calves, with the hair turned inward; high
boots made of the skins of the legs of the reindeer, and
very roomy, so as to afford plenty of space for hay, with
which they were well stuffed; drawers, under-clothes, trousers
and waistcoat of heavy woollen cloth; an inner coat of
the skins of reindeer calves, and a large overcoat of wild
reindeer-skin. The coats were made in the native fashion,
and were put on over the head like shirts; on the head we
wore a large hood, covering the whole face, leaving an
opening only for the eyes; while our hands were protected
by large gloves of reindeer-skin. We had no sleeping
bags, but used only pelts and reindeer-skins as covering
for our beds at night.
We had been advised to procure covered sledges, like
the one I have described in which the Polish nobleman
lived,—a kind that is always used by merchants and
officials when travelling on the tundra, but I preferred to
use the lighter open sledges like the natives.
Thus equipped, we did not suffer so very much from
the intense cold, in spite of its touching 62° below zero,
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