Binoculars. Prishvin always took binoculars while hunting and in all his travels

24 March 1936. Kabardino-Balkaria. Suddenly there were snow-capped mountains, and it seemed as if each one, even the great Kazbek, was paying attention to us. We dismounted and began to look at some shiny silver spots with our binoculars. These were glaciers amid the snowy wilderness.