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some severe examples *, before they could bring the 

 islanders into any order. If there were severities in- 

 flicted at first, the best apology for them is, that they 

 have produced the happiest consequences ; and, at 

 present, the greatest harmony subsists between the 

 two nations. The natives have their own chiefs in 

 each island, and seem to enjoy liberty and property 

 unmolested. But whether or no they are tributaries 

 to the Russians, we could never find out. There was 

 some reason to think that they are. 



These people are rather low of stature, but plump 

 and well shaped ; with rather short necks ; swarthy 

 chubby fa ces ; black eyes; small beards ; and long, 

 straight, black hair ; which the men wear loose be- 

 hind, and cut before, but the women tie up in a 

 bunch. 



Their dress has been occasionally mentioned. Both 

 sexes wear the same in fashion ; the only difference 

 is in the materials. The women's frock is made of 

 seal skin ; and that of the men, of the skins of birds ; 

 both reaching below the knee. This is the whole 

 dress of the women. But, over the frock, the men 

 wear another made of gut, which resists water ; and 

 has a hood to it, which draws over the head. Some 

 of them wear boots; and all of them have a kind of 

 oval-snouted cap, made of wood, with a rim to admit 

 the head. These caps are dyed with green and other 

 colours ; and round the upper part of the rim, are 

 stuck the long bristles of some sea-animal, on which 

 are strung glass beads ; and on the front is a small 

 image or two made of bone. 



They make use of no paint ; but the women punc- 

 ture their faces slightly ; and both men and women 

 bore the under lip, to which they fix pieces of bone. 

 But it is as uncommon at Oonalashka to see a man 

 with this ornament, as to see a woman without it. 



* Seethe particulars of hostilities between the Russians and na- 

 tives, in Coxe, as cited above. 



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