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PLATE XIX.
AN OSTIAK,
IN HIS JVINTER HUNTING DRESS.
T H I S nation, especially that part, which inhabits the neighbourhood
of the river Obe, divide their time between fishing and hunting; the
last of whicli occupies the winter months. Their skill, however, in
fishing is greater than in hunting. They frequently go out in parties
of ten or twelve persons, and remain in the deserts for six weeks
together, taking their provisions with them, consisting chiefly of dried
fish, which they draw after them on sledges; sometimes, indeed, they
make their dogs, which they also use in hunting, draw them. The
bow is most general, though fire-arms are also used. For the purpose
of travelling over the snow, they fasten a large piece of board to their
feet, not unlike a canoe in shape. Their principal food is fish, which
they preserve, by drying, for their winter use. Instead of bread, they
use fish, dried in the air, and then beaten into powder.
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