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I. APPROXIMATE TABLE OF DISTANCES, PARIS TO NEW YORK 361 II. LIST OF POST STATIONS BETWEEN IRKUTSK AND YAKUTSK 363 III. REINDEER STATIONS BETWEEN YAKUTSK AND VERKHOYANSK 368 IV. YAKUTE SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN VERKHOYANSK AND SREDNI-KOLYMSK 370 V. SETTLEMENTS ON KOLYMA RIVER BETWEEN SREDNI-KOLYMSK AND NIJNI-KOLYMSK 372 VI. A SHORT GLOSSARY OF YAKUTE WORDS 373 VII. GLOSSARY OF VARIOUS DIALECTS IN USE AMONGST THE TCHUKTCHIS INHABITING THE COASTS OF N.E. SIBERIA 375 VIII. METEOROLOGICAL RECORD OF THE DE WINDT EXPEDITION 377

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HARRY DE WINDT Frontispiece POOR YAKUTES Facing page 64 THE CHIEF OF POLICE, VERKHOYANSK 97 A VISITOR 128 CAPE DESPAIR 193 TENESKIN'S DAUGHTERS 224 ESKIMO GIRLS 289 CONSTRUCTING THE WHITE PASS RAILWAY 320

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