t, india-rubber mattrasses,
reindeer-skin _pesks_, &c., we drew after us on a sledge.
At 2.45 P.M. we came to Nutschoitjin (Coregonus Lake).
During our journey we passed a river which flows between
Nutschoitjin and the mountain Hotschkeanranga, about ten
English miles south of this lake and falls into the great
lagoon south of Prtlekaj. Farther into the interior this
river, according to Notti's statement, flows through
several lakes: he also informed us that in summer it
abounds very much in salmon (_lienne_). Some sandy hills
formed the watershed between it and Nutschoitjin. The only
animal we saw during our outward journey was a fox. On the
other hand we found traces of hares, ptarmigan, and a
couple of lemmings. After we had found a suitable
camping-place, we began to build a snow-house, which,
however, we could not get ready till next day.

"On the 21st Brusewitz and I went out to view our nearest
surroundings. On a hill north of the lake, where
Potentilla, Carex, and Poa stuck up through the
snow-covering, we saw a large number of traces of the fox,
the hare, and the ptarmigan. We employed the 22nd in
cutting some holes in the ice, which was about one and a
half metres thick, and in setting a net. For I wished to
ascertain what species of Coregonus it is which, according
to Notti's statement, occurs in abundance in this lake. At
the place where the net was set there was something more
than a metre of water under the ice The bottom consisted
of mud. When we cut a hole in the middle of the lake in
order to get deeper water we found that the ice, one and a
half metres thick there, reached to the bottom.

"Next morning we got in the net eleven Coregoni, of which
the largest were about thirty-five centimetres long.
Although the weather was grey and we could not see very
far, we went the same day to the hill Hotschkeanranga;
partly to determine its height, and partly from its
summit, which is visible for a great distance, to get a
view of the appearance of the surrounding country. After
crossing the river which flows between Nutschoitjin and
Hotchkeanranga, we began to ascend the long slope on whose
summit Hotchkanrakenljeut (Hotchkeanranga's head) rises
with steep sides above the surrounding country. Over the
slope were scattered loose blocks of stone o