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l)\.it r>s the coafts were very ficcp and craggy, they made 

 to Amhich, lying at a fmall diilance, where they deter- 

 mined to pafs the winter. They divided themlelves ac- 

 cordingly into three parties ; the firil, at the head of 

 which was Alexey Drufinin, w^ent over to a fmall ifland 

 called in the journal Sitkin; the Coffac Shaffyrin led the 

 fecond, confifting of ten perfons, to the ifland Atach; and 

 Simeon Polevoi remained aboard with the reft of the 

 crew. AH thefe iflands were well peopled; the men had 

 bones thruft through their ears, under lips, and griftle 

 of their nofes ; and the faces of the women were marked 

 with blackilli ftreaks made with a needle and thread in 

 the Ikin, in the fame manner as a CofTac one of the cre^v 

 had obferved before upon fome of the Tfchutfki. The 

 inhabitants had no iron ; the points of their darts and 

 lances were tipped with bone and flint. 



They at firfl: imagined, that Anflach was uninhabited ; 

 but in one of their hunting parties they found a boy of 

 eight years old, whom they brought with them: they 

 eave him the name of Hermolai, and taught him the 

 Rufllan language, that he might ferve as an interpreter. 

 After penetrating further they difcovered an hut, where- 

 in were two women, four men, and as many boys, whom 

 they treated kindly, and employed in hunting, fifliing, 

 and in digging of roots. This kind behaviour encou- 

 raged others to pay frequent viflts, and to exchange fifli 

 and flefli for goat's hair, horfes manes, and glafs beads. 



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