i _ adl~$is   l this, e the
i.pplace 'were called. into requiaition. It. aa q l, it
ight to see tile animals dashing about beneaththe X largebands, their heads surmounted by a.forest of r :
lashing together and causing a noise as if two armies
gaged withsingle-sticks.. IHere and there in the midst lock, or rushing around to head them off, were the narge and small, whooping and shouting at the top of ices, while many of the men, with long seal-thong lastd ready to capture those destined for the journey.
h all were secured, and the work of packing and sadbeing soon completed, we once more resumed ourjourhad hardly gone 300 yards when a loud clattering of
as heard, and, looking back, we beheld the whole herd up, intent upon following us. Nothing could be but to halt aid summon the population once more. Half r devoted to running and shouting sufficed to drive bk, after which we were allowed to proceed in peace. gnusians accompanied us, to relieve each other. in g a road. These, with the Cossack sergeant and his lr, in addition to our own party, made quite a recaravan. Having a good road, we traveled quite to overcome the effects of the cold, which, though not
aswe had experienced during many days, -25° eit yet was sufficiently' stinging to be unpleasant r three days' indoor life.
versts north of the settlement we struck a small called Arteran, running west and emptying into the i, which in its turn flows into the Mia, a large tributhe Lena.
taveled eastwardly up the Arteran about ten versts, n followed a small tributary flowing from the .northat three versts. Here we had to cross a low, barren f  a strong, cutting wind blowing against our backs, tded.to the bead of a branch of the Asungorun.
:is called Colowinga by the natives. We oontin-:
a Northeastwardly down this stream for about
g and. camped for the night, near where the ser-.
d on his way down. Thus far we bad, beon.