ogether
with water, fish, and fat. They are very fond of this
soup. The seal-blubber they eat by stuffing into the mouth
the piece which has been served to them, and then cutting
a suitable mouthful with the knife, which they bring close
to the lips. In the same way they do with the flesh.

"With the exception of the old women's gossip the greatest
quietness prevails in the sleeping-chamber. It is not
uncommon for men to visit each other. Thus the first night
we spent at Najtskaj the tent where we lodged was full of
people, but without the least disturbance arising. If one
had anything to say he talked in quite a low tone, as if
he were shy. He was listened to attentively, without any
interruption. First when he had finished another began.

"Affection between spouses and parents and children is
particularly strong. I have seen fathers kiss and caress
their children before they went to rest, and what I found
most remarkable was that the children never abused this
tender treatment. Whatever one gave them, it was their
first thought to divide it with their parents. In this
respect and in many others they were far in advance of a
large number of European children."

_Lieutenant Bove's Report on an Excursion along with Dr. Almquist to
the Interior of the Chukch Peninsula, from the 13th to the 17th
June, 1879._

"We started from the vessel on the morning of the 13th June
with a view to penetrate as far as possible into the
interior of the Chukch peninsula. For the journey we had
hired, for a liberal payment, two sledges drawn by dogs
from Rotschitlen, a Chukch at Irgunnuk. The dogs and
sledges surpassed our expectation. In fourteen hours we
traversed a distance of nearly forty minutes, including
bends, which corresponds to a speed of three, perhaps four,
English miles an hour, if we deduct the rests which were
caused by the objects of the journey--scientific
researches. This speed strikes me as not inconsiderable,
if we consider the weight which the dogs must draw, and
the badness and unevenness of the way. For the ground was
undulating, like a sea agitated by a storm. But pleased as
we were with our sledges and dogs, we were as dissatisfied
with Rotschitlen, a faint-hearted youth, without activity
or experience. With another driver we might have been able
in a fe