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latter occafioii a conliderable faving, as their pay is 

 finall ; they alfo refill:, more ealily than the former, 

 the attacks of the fcurvy. But Ruffian mariners are 

 more enterprifing and more to be depended upon in 

 time of danger than the others ; fome therefore are 

 unavoidably necelTary. 



traiie. 



The expences of building and fitting out the vefiels t^^)?f„""i,if' 

 are very confiderable : for there is nothing at Ochotfk' 

 but timber for their conftrudtion. Accordingly cordage, 

 fails, and fome provifions, muft be brought from Ya- 

 kutflv upon horles. The dearnefs of corn and flour, 

 which muft be tranfported from the diftridls lying about 

 the river Lena, renders it impoffible to lay-in any 

 large quantity for the fubliftence of the crew dviring 

 a voyage, which commonly lafts three or four years. 

 For tills reafon no more is provided, than is necefiary 

 to fupply the Ruffian mariners with quafs and other 

 fermented liquors. 



From the exceffive fcarcity of cattle both at Ochotfk 

 and * Kamtchatka very little provision is laid in at 

 either of thofe places : but the crew provide themfelves 



* In 1772 there were only 570 head of cattle upon the whole Penin- 

 fula. A cow fold from £o to 60 Roubles, an ox from 60 to 100. A 

 pound of frefh beef fold upon an average for izf copecs. The excef- 

 five dearnefs of this price will be eafily conceived, when it is known, 

 that at Mofcow a pound of beef fells for about three copecs. Journ. 

 St.'Peterfb. ' 



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