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from whence they are called the AndreanofFfkic Oflrova 

 or the Illands of St. Andrean. 



Ayagh is about an hundred and fifty verfls in circum- Ayagh. 

 ference : it contains feveral high and rocky mountains, 

 the intervals of which are bare heath and moor ground : 

 not one forefl tree is to be found upon the whole ifland. 

 The vegetables feem for the moft part like thofe which 

 grow in Kamtchatka. Of berries there are found *crow 

 or crake-berries and the larger fort of bilberries, but in 

 fmall quantities. Of the roots of burnet and all kinds of 

 fnake weed, there is fuch abundance as to afford, in cafe 

 of neceffity, a plentiful provifion for the inhabitants. 

 The above-mentioned rivulet is the only one upon the 

 ifland. The number of inhabitants cannot fufficiently 

 be afcertained, becaufe the natives pafs continually from 

 ifland to iiland in their baidars. 



Kanaga Hands Weft from Ayagh, and is two hundred Kanaga. 

 verfts in circumference. It contains an high volcano 

 where the natives find fulphur in fummer. At the foot 

 of this mountain are. hot fprings, wherein they occafion- 

 ally boil their provillon. There is no rivulet upon this 

 ifland ; and the low grounds are fimilar to thofe of 

 Ayagh. The inhabitants are reckoned about two hun- 

 dred fouls. 



* Empetrum, Vaccin. Uliginofum, Sanguilbrba, &c Bilioru. 



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