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 The Aboi'igincs of Nortlicrn Asia. 45

The Neo-Siberians consist of:

I. Finnic tribes, (cz) Ostiaks, between the middle Obi and the Yenisei. According to Stanforiis Compcndmni they number 25,000, but according to Patkanoff 17,221, {b) Voguls, between the middle Obi and the Ural Mountains. According to Stanford's Compciidinni they number 4500, but according to Patkanoff 7476.

II. Samoyedes, in the Arctic region, from the mouth of the Khatanga River to Cheskaya Bay in Russia. According to Stajiford's Coiiipcndiuni they number 25,000, but accord- ing to Patkanoff 11,627, together with Youraks and other small tribes numbering 12,502.

III. Turks, {a) Yakuts, in the neighbourhood of the Lena. According to Stanford's CoinpcndiuJii they number 200,000, but according to Patkanoff 225,767. (Ji) Other Turko-Tartars of the Tobolsk and Tomsk governments. According to Stanford's Conipcndiuni they number 80,000, but according to Wierbicki, the Kalmycks of Altai number 11,827, the Kalmycks Uriankhis 2000, the Teleuts 5700, and the Tartars of Chern 32,820. According to Patkanoff all Siberian Turks number 435,739.

IV. The Mongol tribes. Buriats in the district sur- rounding Lake Baikal. According to Stanford's Com- pendium they number 250,000, but according to Patkanoff 288,599.

V. The Tungusic tribes inhabiting eastern Siberia from the Yenisei to the Pacific Ocean, and from the Yakuts' domain to the northern border of Mongolia ; the principal ones are Chapogirs, Goldi, Lamuts, Mancha, Manyargs, Oroches, Orochons, Solons, and Tunguses proper. Accord- ing to Stanford's Compcndinm they number 80,000, but according to Patkanoff 76,507.

The study of the life of the natives can be advantageously limited to the study of their shamanism, which covers the psychological as well'as the sociological features of these