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•779- fions of great ceremony ; and, as I was afterward told, by 

 Fedofitfch, could not have been purchafed for one hundred 

 and twenty roubles. At the fame time I had a prefent from 

 his daughter, of a handfome fable muff. 



We afterward dined with the Commander, who, in order 

 to let us fee as much of the manners of the inhabitants, and 

 of the cuftoms of the country, as our time would permit, 

 invited the whole of the better fort of people in the village 

 to his houfe this evening. All the women appeared very 

 fplendidly dreflTed, after the Kamtfchadale fafhion. The 

 wives of Captain Shmaleff, and the other officers of the gar- 

 rifon, were prettily dreiled, half in the Siberian, and half 

 in the European mode ; and Madame Behm, in order to 

 make the dronger contrail, had unpacked part of her bag- 

 gage, and put on a rich European drefs. I was much ftruck 

 with the richnefs and variety of the filks which the women 

 wore, and the Angularity of their habits. The whole was 

 like fomc enchanted fcene in the midd of the wildeft and 

 mod dreary country in the world. Our entertainment again 

 confided of dancing and finging. 



The next morning being fixed for our departure, we re- 

 tired early to our lodgings, where the firft things we faw 

 were three travelling drelTes, made after the fafhion of the 

 country, which the Major had provided for us, who came 

 himfelf to our houfe foon after, to fee all our things packed 

 up, and properly taken care of. Indeed, what with his 

 liberal prefents, and the kindnefs of Captain ShmalefT, and 

 many other individuals, who all begged to throw in their 

 mite, together with the ample dock of provifions he had lent 

 us for our journey, we had amafled no inconfiderable load of 

 baggage. 



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