RUSSIANDISCOVERIES, i$i 



No ftranger is allowed to hunt or fifh near a village, 

 or to carry ofi any thing fit for food. When they are 

 on a journey, and their provilions are exhaufted, they 

 beg from village to village, or call upon their friends 

 and relations for affiftance. 



They feed upon the flefli of all forts of fea-animals, 

 and generally eat it raw. But if at any time they 

 choofe to drefs their victuals, they make ufe of an hol- 

 low ftone ; having placed the fifh or flefh therein, they 

 cover it with another, and clofe the interflices with 

 lime or clay. They then lay it horizontally upon two 

 Hones, and light a fire under it. The provifion which 

 is intended for keeping is dried without fait in the 

 open air. They gather berries of various forts, and 

 lily roots of the fame fpecies with thofe which grow 

 Avild at Kam.tchatka. They are unacquainted with the 

 manner of drelling the cow-parfnip, as practifcd in that 

 Peninfula ; and do not underftand the art of dillilling 

 brandy or any other ftrong liquor from it. They are 

 at prefent very fond of fnufij which the RuHians have - 

 introduced among them. 



No tjraces were found of any worfliip, neither did 

 they feem to have any forcerers* among them. If a 



* In the lafl; chapter it is faid that there are forcerers among them. 



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