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Starric-chortihiho, ^vhi(•h existed up to ISO.";. They ^et fioin 80 

 to loO luxes here, with varying' trades of liir. 



Koshcocnsl'ol lies inside of Koshegenskaho Gulf, on the left 

 side, on a very even ])la(;e, near the debouchure of a stream. 

 The company has erected liere a yourt, store-house, bath-house, 

 and a barn belonging to it, which has a trader here, who attends 

 to the business of all the southern part of the island. The 

 AU'uts have eiglit yourts, and are U souls in number, (18 men, 

 'So women.) Theie are not many tisli here ; in the best days 

 of salmon-running not over 300. Sometimes sea-lions lie on 

 the south side. A snudl number of hair-seals are killed on the 

 rocks. Hoots in abundance. In 1833 the company introduced 

 cattle here. 



Chenwrsl^ie, on the northwest side of tbe island, has four 

 yourts and U souls, (20 males, 24 females.) The harbor is 

 elegant, but not always without danger to sailing-vessels; for, 

 if caught outside in the straits, Tvithout wind, they may be 

 carried against the cliffs of Oomnak vStraits. 



On the south side of Chernovskie stands a citadel, and to the 

 north, a distance of 20 versts, near an old settlement, was 

 Ibund a copper chain, four links. This settlement is the poorest 

 on the island. The principal subsistence is mussels. There is 

 only one fish-stream, and that falls near the settlement. 



Emagensloi is in Captain's Harbor, 8 versts northeast from. 

 lUoulook, on a little bay of the same name j 32 souls (15 males, 

 17 females) live here in four yourts. 



Kahlechtensl-ol—ThvdQ yourts; 14 souls. A small stream 

 here, where a great many tish are taken. Sometimes more than 

 2,000 salmon are secured. The natives frequently get whales 

 here. 



Bohrovslde.—Voviy-owa souls, (21 males, 20 females,) four 

 yourts, and a few gardens; they get a small number of salmon- 

 trout and dog-salmon in three small streams. 



BorM or ^S^irlan lies on the south side of the island, divided 

 from the mainland by a wide strait. This island stands out 

 bold and abrupt, high from the sea. On the north shore are a 

 few small bays; above one of them is the settlement, of six 

 yourts, 44 souls, (17 males, 27 females.) They have a few gar- 

 dens. Principal subsistence, sea-hsh and mussels. On this 

 island is found a green stone, irony, or blackish, shiny red, 

 which the Aleuts require in painting their ''kamlaykas:'* 



* Skin shirts. 



