RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES. 51 



ed among the favages. The Ruffians remained until TheCrewcon- 



flrudt another 



June, 1754, upon this illand : at that time they de- J'^^^^'^*^"'* 

 parted in a fmall vefTel, conftrudted from the remains of '^^™^'"'^^- 

 the wreck, and called the St. Peter and Paul : in this they 

 landed at Katyrfkoi Nofs ; where having collected 140 

 fea-horfe teeth, they got fafe to the mouth of the Kamt- 

 chatka river. 



During this voyage twelve Kamtchadals deferted ; 

 of whom fix were flain, together with a female in- 

 habitant, upon one of the moft diftant iflands. The 

 remainder, upon their return to Kamtchatka, were 

 examined ; and from them the following circumllances 

 came to light. The ifland, where the Hiip was wrecked, 

 is about 70 verlts long, and 20 broad. Around it lie 

 twelve other iflands of different fizes, from five to ten 

 verflis difliant from each other. Eight of them appear 

 to be no more than five verfts long. All thefe iflands 

 contain about a thoufand fouls. The dwellings of the 

 inhabitants are provided with no other furniture than 

 benches, and mats of platted grafs-'-. Their drefs confiils 

 of a kind of fliirt made of bird-fkins, and of an upper 

 garment of inteftines ftitched together; they wear wood- 

 en caps, ornamented with a fmall piece of board pro- 

 je6ling forwards, as it feeraed, for a defence againll the 

 arrows. They are all provided with ftone knives, and a 



* Matten aus eincm geviflen Krautgeflochten. 



H 2 few 



