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Kh9- The Fixed Koriacs have a flrong refemblance to the 



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Kamtfchadales ; and, like them, depend altogether on fifh- 

 ing for fubfiftence. Their drefs and habitations are of the 

 fame kind. They are tributary to the Ruilians, and under 

 the difiritft of the Ingiga. 



The Wandering Koriacs occupy themfelves intirely in 

 breeding and pafturing deer, of which they are faid to poffefs 

 immenlc numbers ; and that it is no unufual thing for an 

 individual Chief to have a herd of four or five thoufand. 

 They defpifc fifli, and live intirely on deer. They have no 

 balagans ', and their only habitations are like the Kamtfcha- 

 dale jourts, with this difference, that they are covered with 

 raw deer-fkins in winter, and tanned ones in fummer. 

 Their Hedges are drawn by deer, and never by dogs ; 

 which, like the latter, are like wife always fpaved, in order 

 to be trained to this bufinefs. The draft deer pafture in 

 company with the others ; and when they are wanted, the 

 herdfmen make ufe of a certain cry, which they inftantly 

 obey, by coming out of the herd. 



The prieftof Paratounca informed mc, that the two nations 

 of the Koriacs, and the Tfchutfki fpeak different dialects 

 of the fame language ; and that it bears not the fmalled 

 refemblance to the Kamtfchadale. 



The country of the Tfchutfki is bounded on the South bv 

 the Anadir, and extends along the coaft to the Tfchutfl 

 Nofs. Like the Wandering Koriacs, their attention is prin- 

 cipally confined to their deer, of which their country affords 

 great numbers, both tame and wild. They are a (lout, 

 well-made, bold, warlike race of people ; redoubtable 

 neighbours to both nations of the Koriacs, who often feci 

 the effects of their depredatory incurfions. The Ruffians 



have, 



