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Somr"'^ In their perfons wc fliould reckon them extremely 

 nafty. They cat the vermin with which their bodies 

 are covered, and fwallow the mucvis from the nofe. 

 Having waflied themielves, according to cuftom, firft 

 with xirine, and then with water, they fuck their hands 

 dry. When they are lick, they lie three or four days 

 w ithout food ; and if bleeding is necelTary, they open a 

 vein with lancets made of flint, and fuck the blood. 



Their principal nourifliment is fifli and whale fat, 

 wdiich they commonly eat raw\ They alio feed upon 

 fea-wrack and roots, particularly the faran^ a fpecies of 

 lily ; they eat a herb, called kutage, on account of its 

 bitternefs, only with filh or fat. They fometimes kindle 

 fire by catching a fpark among dry leaves and powder of 

 fulphur : but the moft common method is by rubbing 

 two pieces of wood together, in the manner pra6tifed at 

 Kamtchatka ■', and which Vakfel, Beering's lieutenant^ 

 found to be in ufe in that part of North America which 

 he faw in 1741. They are very fond of Ruffian oil 

 and butter, but not of breath They could not be pre- 



* The inftrument made ufe of by die Kamtchadals, to procure fire^ 

 is a board with feveral holes in it, and a Hick; the latter is put into 

 the hole?, and turned about fwiftly, until the wood within the holes 

 begins to burn, where there is tindex ready 10 catch the Iparks* 



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