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t'oiu'id. Plenty of lakes, lour lar^e ones and five stivanis, into 

 two of w iiich lisli run in small nunibeis. Fiom .SO U) 120 loxes 

 are annually killed. In IS.'JO the people here captured two 

 solves; they must have been of only one sex, or they would 

 have increased; these animals are very disagreeable, lor they 

 kill the foxes aud spoil the traps. There were, long aj;o, eight 

 settlements ou this island, Avith more than 500 people, but now 

 (is;;i) there aie only three, with 85 souls, viz: Artelnovalcie^ 

 southwest side of the island, on a high bluif, with two yourts, 

 two barrabkies, and a bath-house, and a trader belonging to the 

 company ; the Aleuts have seven yourts, 32 souls, (IG males, IG 

 females.) The trader and a few Aleuts have a small garden. 

 They sometimes capture a whale. JUiychesnoi is on the north 

 side, near a stream ; five yourts built here and a fe\y barrabkies, 

 37 souls, (19 males, 18 females.) Seeraidemhn is inside of a 

 bay of that name, looking out on Avatanak; two yourts and 

 IG souls. The people in both of these settlements live by the 

 beach, depending upon it aud a few hair-seals that may come 

 around. 



AvATA^^AK IsLATsD has onits Southeast side a hot spring, only 

 open to view at low water. This is the only island where the 

 Aleuts find red chalk. Above this island, near Akootan, are 

 two remarkable rocks, " Ooshenadskie." On them in early times 

 sea-lions were found, and one of them from all sides resembles 

 a bell. This island lies between Goloi and Teegalda. From 

 two lakes rises quite a stream on the north side, and which in 

 old times was a great fish-place, and since the extermination of 

 the Aleuts there by Salovayiah's comrade, Xatoorbin, not a 

 fish has come since. On the south side of the island sea-otters 

 come, and ou the island foxes of different colors, of which 

 twenty to thirty are taken per annum. In early times three, 

 not large settlements, were here ; now there is but one, on the 

 north side, and consists of five excellent yourts, and distin- 

 guished by their being all clean and free from blackness ; 49 

 souls, (24 males and 25 females.) Vegetation here is not good. 

 When during my last visit to this place, in 1833, 1 saw the signs 

 or ruins of the yourt where Salovayiah and Xatoorbin lived, 

 and a woman was living then who had been a witness to their 

 cruelty. A small island lies near Avatanak which a few hair- 

 seal repair to, and ou the east side of it is found red chalk. 



Teegalda lies east of Avatanak. It is next in size to Akoo- 

 tan. There are 3 lakes here from 300 to 1,000 sajens arouud, 



