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sheds than huts, constituted the settlement, a former 

 Cossack os/rqo; or fort. The window-panes of the 

 habitations, instead of glass, were replaced by bear 

 bladder-skins tightly fitted into the rough framework. 



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A GROUr OF KAMCHADALES AT NATCHIKI. 



At the time of our arrival the krasi/aia salmon* 

 season was in full swing, and most of the sheds 

 attested adequate supplies for winter. 



* Oncorhynchus lycaodoti (Pall) is called the krastiaia^ or red fish, 

 because of the dark crimson colour of its flesh. 



