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vailed upon to tafte any fiv>ar until the commander 

 lliewed the example ; finding it Aveet, they put it up 

 to carry it home to their wives. 



The houfes of thefe iflanders are huts built precifely 

 in the manner of thofe in Kamtchatka, with the entry 

 through a hole in the middle of the roof. In one of 

 thefe huts live feveral families, to the amount of thirty 

 or forty perfons. They keep themfelves warm by 

 means of whale fat burnt in fliells, which they place 

 between their legs. The women fet apart from the 

 men. 



Six or feven of thefe huts or yourts make a village, 

 of which there are lixteen in Unalaflika. The iflands 

 feem in general to be well inhabited, as may be con- 

 je6tured from the great number of boats which are {eea 

 continually plying along the fliore. There are upwards 

 of a thoufand inhabitants on Unalaflika, and they fay 

 that it was formerly much more populous. They have 

 fuffered greatly by their difputes with the Ruffians, and 

 by a famine in the year 1762 ; but molt of all from 

 a change in their way of life. No longer contented 

 with their original fimplicity, they long for Ruffian 

 luxuries : in order therefore to obtain a few delicacies, 

 which are prefently confumed, they dedicate the greateft 

 part of their time to hunting, for the purpofe of pro- 



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