A CURIOUS PEOPLE
A Raßßian savant and explorer, M Koaznetsoff, (saya the '• Times "), give an account at the last meatlng of the Russian Geographical Sooiety of a nomadic people living m the upper Oural, and called Vagoula, They' are pagans) and m winter live In wooden cabins, while durlog the summer they go out on the mountains and dwell under canvas. Their winter clothes are made from camelekin, and their cummer of Russian linen. .As Is tbo rule among savage races, the women are little better than slaves, ' The Vagoolo worship the bear, end consider as eaorud different parts of the forest, for which they have a superstitious terror; They have aho a custom of sacrificing to their deity a stallion previously greased, Contact with Russians Is beginning to produce a salutary Impression on these people, who are of Finnish origin, and somo young Vagoula have a'r^ady demoted themselves to agriculture.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1794, 20 March 1888, Page 3
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151A CURIOUS PEOPLE Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1794, 20 March 1888, Page 3
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