Other species besides the peltry-bearing animals have diminished in numbers since the arrival of the Russian hunters. The reindeer, which frequented the South Siberian highlands, and whose domain encroached on that of the camel, is now found only in the domestic state amongst the Soyotes of the Upper Yenisei and is met with in the wild state only in the dwarf forests and _tundras_ of the far north. The argali has withdrawn to Mongolia from the Siberian mountains and plains, where he was still very common at the end of the last century. On the other hand, cold and want of food yearly drive great numbers of antelopes and wild horses from the Gobi Steppes towards the Siberian lowlands, tigers, wolves and other beasts of prey following in their track, and returning with them in the early spring. Several new species of animals have been introduced by man and modified by crossings in the domestic state. In the north, the Samoyeds, Chukchis, and Kamchadales have the reindeer and dog, while the horse and ox are everywhere the companions of man in the peopled regions of Siberia. The yak has been tamed by the Soyotes of the Upper Yenisei, and the camel, typical of a distinctly Eastern civilization, follows the nomads of the Kirghiz and Mongolian Steppes. All these domesticated animals seem to have acquired special qualities and habits from the various indigenous or Russian peoples of Siberia. _THE RUSSIAN RACES_ _W. R. MORFILL_ The vast Empire of Russia, as may be readily imagined, is peopled by many different races. These may ethnologically be catalogued as follows: I. Sclavonic races, the most important in numbers and culture. Under this head may be classified:-- (1) The Great Russians, or Russians properly so called, especially occupying the Governments round about Moscow, and from thence scattered in the north to Novgorod and Vologda, on the south to Kiev and to Voronezh, on the east to Penza, Simbirsk, and Viatka, and on the west to the Baltic provinces. Moreover, the Great Russians, as the ruling race, are to be found in small numbers in all quarters of the Empire. They amount to about 40,000,000. (2) Little Russians (Malorossiani), dwelling south of the Russians, upon the shores of the Black Sea. These, together with the Rusniaks, amount to 16,370,000. The Cossacks come under these two races. To the great Russians belong the Don Cossacks, with those sprung from them--the Kouban, Stavropol, Khoperski, Volga, Mosdok, Kizlarski and Grebenski. [Illustration: SAMOYEDES OF NOVA ZEMBLA.] To the Little Russian: the Malorossiiski, with those sprung from them--the Zaporoghian, Black Sea (Chernomorski), and those of Azov and of the Danube. (3) The White Russians, inhabiting the Western Governments. Their number amounts to 4,000,000. (4) Poles, living in the former Kingdom of Poland and the Western Governments of the Empire. Their number amounts to 5,000,000.