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a^ere^oncued ^^6 upoii othcr goods of vaHous kinds, fuch as fhirts, 

 funs.^ " linen, and nankeen, but demanded glafs beads of different 

 colours, for which they exchanged their fkins with 

 pleafure^ This friendly traffic, together with GlottoIf'S' 

 entreaties, operated io powerfully, that, after holding a/ 

 Gonfultation with their countrymen, they returned with^ 

 a folemn declaration, that their brethren would in future 

 commit no hoftilities againft the Ruffians.. From that 

 time until their departure a daily intercourfe was carried. 

 on with the iflanders,. who brought all forts of fox and 

 fea-otter fkins, and received in exchange a flipulated 

 number of beads. Some of them were even perfuaded 

 to pay a tribute of fkins, for which receipts were. given».. 



Amongft other wares the Ruffians procured two fmall 

 carpets, worked or platted in a curious manner, and on 

 one fide fef clofe with beaver- wool like velvet : they 

 could not however learn whether thefe carpets were 

 wrought by the iflanders. The latter brought aifo for 

 fale vveli-dreiTed fea-otter fliins, the hair of which was 

 fliorn quite fliort with fliarp flones, in fuch a manner, 

 that the remainder, which was of a yellbwifh brown 

 colour, gliftened and appeared like velvet. Their caps 

 had furprifing and fometimes very ornamental decora- 

 tions : fome of them had on the forepart combs adorned 

 with manes like an helmet ; others, feemingly peculiar 

 to the f. males, were made of inteftines ftitched toge- 

 ther with rein-deer hair and finews in a moll elegant 

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