The afternoon following our departure from Gorin I counted about thirty huts, or _yourts_, on one island, and more than fifty boats on the river.
For half a mile the scene was animated and interesting.

Some boats were near the shore, their inmates hauling seines or paddling up or down the stream.

In one heavily laden boat there was one man steering with a paddle.

Four men towed the craft against the current, and behind it was another drawn by six dogs.

Out in the river were small skiffs and canoes in couples, engaged in holding nets across the direction of the current.