en N .c:E R.N I N G iK. A M T C H A T K A, &c. j 



The Peninfnla of Kamtchatka lies between 5 1 and 

 62 degrees of Nofth lalLtude, and 173 and 182 of 

 longitude from the ijQe of Fero. It is bounded on 

 the Eaft and South by the Sea of Kamtchatka, on the 

 Weft by the Seas of Ochotflv and Penfliinik, and on the 

 North by the country of the Koriacs. 



It is divided into four diftrids, Bolcherefk, Tigilflcaia Pr^Cent 



"-" S;are of Kamt- 



Krepoft, Verchnei or Upper Kamtchatkoi Oftrog, and "'""'"'• 

 Nifhnei or Lower Kamtchatkoi Oftrog. The govern- Government. 

 ■ment is -viifted in the chancery of Bolcherefk, which de- 

 pends upon and is fubjedt to the infpe6lion of the chan- 

 cery of OcTiotfk, . The Avhole Ruffian force ftationed in 

 the Peninfula coniifts of no more than three hundred 

 men ■•■■•. 



The prefent population ;©f Kamtchatka is very fm all. Population, 

 amounting ito fcarcc four thoufand fouls. Formerly the 

 inhabitants v;ere more numerous, but in 17-68, that 

 country was greatly deix)pulated by the ravages of the 

 fmall-pox, by which difoErder five thoufand three hun- 

 di^ed and fixty-eight perlbns were carried off. There are 

 now only {even, hundred and lix males in the whole Pe- 

 ninfula who are tributary, and an hundred and fourteen 

 in the Kuril liles, which are fubje(5l to Ruffia. 



* Journal of St. Peterlburg for April 1777. 



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