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girls, with twelve of them in it. Some of the compauy's serv- 

 ants raised pigs, chickens, and ducks, and nearly all the house- 

 keepers had a garden, where they raised turnips and potatoes. 

 {In 1838, one hundred and twenty kegs were raised by the 

 whole settlement.) The ground for the first church was pre- 

 I)ared in 1825; church built in 182G; provided with bells, and 

 pictures in gilt frames ; built by the Aleuts. 



The profits of this country, or settlement, in especial: from 

 ten to forty fur-seals are taken every year as they come down 

 from the north ; the yield from the fish is uot important; the 

 river which comes down from the mountains in Natil-ensloi 

 Baij is the best place, and sometimes the dog-salmon are there 

 in such numbers that it is difficult to get through the water. 

 It is said that the river which is by this settlement used to be 

 the best for fish; it is now spoiled. 



Cod-fish are caught a long way out, as far as twenty to eighty 

 "sajeus,"* and in late years in small numbers. A willow grows 

 near the settlement, quite large, and, though the company 

 have annually repaired and built with it some sixty baidars 

 and over one hundred and twenty boxes, it is still abundant. 

 For cattle this place is uot very profitable, because, around this 

 settlement, though grass grows earlier than elsewhere in the 

 district, snow falls and lies from five to seven months, and the 

 mowing has to be done in bad or hard places, and, on account 

 of the rare occurrence of sunlight and the frequency of rains, 

 hay-making is exceedingly difficult. Potatoes and turnips do 

 uot thrive in a noteworthy manner. 



Ii^atielcoiislcoi settlement lies on the west side of Captain's 

 Harbor. It has two yourts and 15 souls, (G males, 9 females.) 



Faistralilovslde is on the left side of Captain's Harbor ; five 

 yourts; 37 souls, (IG males, 21 females.) The mountain above 

 it has a bowl-shaped crater, and in it is a lake. 



Vaysai/locslde lies on the left side of the point of the same 

 name; 15 souls, (7 males, 8 women.) 



Mal-oosJicnskoi lies on the north side of Makooshin Gulf; 

 built here, a yourt, barrabkie, store-house, and bath-house 

 belonging to the company, and a trader stationed here. The 

 Aleuts possess six yourts and six barrabkies; 35 souls, (15 

 males, 20 females.) Not fixr from the settlement, back from the 

 mountains near the sea, pumice-stone is found. There were 

 five settlements near this place in ancient times, excepting 



■Sajeu," equivalent to .seven feet. 



