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He will therefore stay . They knew something about dogs , for they tried their hunting condition by running a finger up and down the spine sharply . If that member was not cut , the dog was in good condition . `` At last , in the dusk of a night in early summer , when the mosquitos were biting with all their first fury and it was still broad day at ten o'clock , I started , walking easily and conspicuously to the south , sitting down occasionally to smoke as though enjoying the night air before turning in , lest any of my hosts should chance to be awake . Once out of sight of the Yoort , I went quickly to my _ cache _ of provisions , and , shouldering the whole , I turned my face towards the river and the Northern Ocean . `` I had not gone far when I struck the track which led along the riverside in the direction of Bulun . There , to my intense horror , I saw a man sitting still in a Siberian cart within a few hundred yards , apparently waiting for me to descend .