Note 57 — TRAVELS IN KAMTSCHATKA, DURING THE YEARS 1787 AND 1788. (continued 2)

These rackets are called ligi. In the northern part of the peninsula they use another sort of racket, called lapki, which are shorter, and made of leathern thorns twisted, like the firings of a tennis racket; two small sharp pointed bones are fixed in the bottom, which penetrate the ice, and are a preservative against sliding.