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17/5- by -this author, except fome that we met with near the ice ; 



y^^ 1/ and nioft, if not all of ilicfe, are defcribcd by Martin in his 



voyage to Greenland. It is a little extraordinary, that pen- 

 guins, which are common in many parts of the world, 

 Ihould not be found in this fea. Albatroflcs too are fo very 

 i'carce, that 1 cannot help thinking that this is not their pro- 

 per climate. 



The few land-birds that we met with are the fame with 

 thofe in Europe ; but there may be many others which we 

 had no opportunity of knowing. A very beautiful bird was 

 Ihot in the woods at Norton Sound; which, I am told, is 

 fometimes found in England, and known by the name of 

 chatterer. Our people met with other fmall birds there, 

 but in no great variety and abundance ; fuch as the wood- 

 pecker, the bullfinch, the yellow finch, and a fmall bird 

 called a tit-moufe. 



As our excurfions and obfervations were confined wholly 



to the fea-coafl:, it is not to be expecSled, that we could know 



much of the animals or vegetables of the country. Except 



mufquitoes, there arc few other infeiffs ; nor reptiles, that 



I faw, but lizards. There are no deer upon Oonalafhka, 



or upon any other of the illands. Nor have they any do- 



meftic animals ; not even dogs. Foxes and weafels were 



the only quadrupeds we faw ; but they told us, that they 



had hares alfo, and the marmottas mentioned by Krallie- 



ninikdfT*. Hence it is evident, that the fea and rivers 



fupply the grcateft (hare of food to the inhabitants. They 



are alfo obliged to the fea for all the wood made ufe of for 



building, and other nccefiPary purpofes; for not a Hick grows 



upon any of the iflands, nor upon the adjacent coail of the 



continent. 



• Hiftory of Kamtfthaika, p. 99. 



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