Qd'^ I'llOM KOTiJEBUE'S fiOUNO 



frequently repeated the word Taroma, which is 

 used, as well to welcome, as on taking leave. 



As far as I am acquainted with the Tschukutskoi, 

 I cannot agree in the general opinion, that they 

 have longer faces, and, in general, nothing Asiatic 

 about them ; high cheek-bones and small Chinese 

 eyes are seen in all; and if the heads of some have 

 less of an Asiatic form, it may, perhaps, arise 

 from their proximity to the Russians. The 

 beard is universally wanting, as on the American 

 coast : on the whole, I find so imperceptible a 

 difference between these two nations, that I am 

 inclined to believe that they are descended from 

 one stock. The Tschukutskoi whom I saw here 

 are of a robust make, and above the middle size, 

 an observation which I likewise made there ; the 

 dresses in both countries is the same, only the 

 Americans are more cleanly ; and their work ap- 

 peared to me to be executed with more skill and 

 taste. The costume of these people is accurately 

 drawn by our artist ; their arms consist of bows, 

 arrows, knives and lances : the latter are entirely 

 made of iron, with copper ornaments. Their 

 knives are of three different kinds ; the first, 

 M^hich is an ell (two feet) long, is worn in a 

 sheath on the left side ; the second, a little 

 shorter, is kept under the dress on the back, so 

 that the handle projects an inch above the left 

 shoulder; the third knife, which is but half a 

 foot long, is concealed in their sleeve, and 



