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Kamtschatka, and of those that fall into it, but no 

 where else, and that there are firs in the neighbour- 

 hood of the river Berezovva ; that there is likewise 

 the service-tree (padus foliis annuls) ; and two spe- 

 cies of the white-thorn, one bearing a red, the other 

 a black berry. 



Of the shrub kind, as junipers, the mountain-ash, 

 wild rose-trees, and raspberry-bushes, the country pro- 

 duces great abundance, together with a variety of 

 berries ; blue-berries of two sorts, round and oval ; 

 partridge-berries, cran-berries, crow-berries, and 

 black-berries. These the natives gather at proper 

 seasons, and preserve, by boiling them into a thick 

 jam, without sugar. They make no inconsiderable 

 part of their winter provisions, and are used as sauce 

 to their dried and salt fish, of which kind of food 

 they are unquestionably excellent correctives. They 

 likewise eat them by themselves, in puddings and 

 various other ways, and make decoctions of them for 

 their ordinary liquor. ■ 



We met with several wholesome vegetables in a 

 wild state, and in great quantities, such as wild ce- 

 lery, angelica, chervil, garlic, and onions. Upon 

 some few patches of ground in the valleys, we found 

 excellent turnips, and turnip-radishes. The garden 

 cultivation went no farther ; yet from hence I am led 

 to conclude, that many of the hardy sorts of veget- 

 ables (such at least as push their roots downward,) 

 like carrots, parsnips, and beet, and perhaps potatoes, 

 would thrive tolerably well. Major Behm told me, 

 that some other sorts of kitchen vegetables had been 

 tried, but did not answer : that neither any of the 

 cabbage or lettuce kind would ever head ; and that 

 peas and beans shot up very vigorous stalks, flowered 

 and podded, but the pods never filled. He likewise 

 told me, that in the experiments made by himself at 

 Bolcheretsk, with different sorts of farinaceous grain, 

 there generally came up a very high and strong blade, 

 which eared, but that the ears never yielded flour. 



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