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laid bare. He said that every year some tents from each village went to Anadyrsk to trade for tobacco &c. and at the same time gather their sled timber. That he was going with his family & expected to take us with him. This arrangement I would not consent to. Knowing full well that we should be at least a month on the road, subjected to a life that can only be seen and felt not described, I tried in every way to get him to take me back to camp, promising him more than he could possibly could make by going to Anadyrsk. It was to no purpose and we were compelled to go with him. I say compelled, because we could not leave his tent without a difficulty which, under the circumstances would have been the hight of folly.

I have not the time to give you an account of my long, slow & miserable journey with the Tchuktchi, and will reserve it for a more detailed report, which I hope to be able to submit to you at an early day. Jany 29th those Tchiktchi who were going to Anadyrsk got their tents together and we started. We averaged about eight miles a day in good weather and on the 12th of March reached Crapast & Markova, having been forty two days on the road. At Markova I found the Members of