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with some old fish for the road. I also took 3 days rations of hard bread and plenty of tea Mr Frosts party of six men ate one of the best of the deer at four meals, so you can judge of its size and quality. The last storm made the snow heavy and we got along slowly, having to walk on snow shoes most of the day. We traveled 30 miles and camped on the N.E. fork of the Olgan some ten miles from where we expected to find the Koraks.

A heavy snow storm set in during the night from the East, the direction in which we wished to go. We pushed into it however the next day and came to the deserted camp of the Koraks

They had evidently just moved, as the storm had not covered up their tracks. Our guide then said we would find them on the S.E. fork, distant about 50 miles. We followed their trail into the mountains separating the two streams, and at night had only traveled about 25 miles, every one being upon snow shoes, breaking the way and assisting the dogs

The next day the storm increased in violence with such dense clouds of snow drifting through the mountain passes that we could not proceed with the sled. I offered each man 30 Roubles if they would go in search of the Koraks on snow shoes, myself remaining with the sleds as I was weak from diarrhea and could not