174 THE FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



HuJiPBACK Whale {'E-ag\\sh).—Megaptera versahilis. 



Kalog (Aleutian).— All the small cottoid fishes. 



Kamlaika (Eiissiau). — The water -proof shirt. 



Kammin (Russian). — Stone. 



KA3DIINISTA (Russian). — Rocky place. 



Kanooska (Russian). — See Canooskie, antca. "Little captain.'- 



Kapoostah (Russian). — All algte. Sea-weeds; from " morskie kapoosta", a "sea-cabbage". 



Kautick, pi. KAUTiCKiE (Russian). — Fur-seal, collectively. 



Keetavie (Russian). — Whale place. 



Kench (English). — Bin in the salt-house for pickling fur-seal skins. 



KeshlA (Russian.) — Sour ; rotting. 



KiBiTSCHA (Russian). — The common four-wheeled carriage of Russia. 



KlLLER-WUALE (English). — Orca glaaiator, var. rectipinnis. 



KoLiTSKiE (Russian). — Tringa ptUocnemis, and all waders on the i^•lands. 



KoTiCK, pi. KoTiCKiE (Russian). — Young fur-seal. 



KvASS, or QuASS (Russian). — Native home-brewed beer; vile product of flour, dried apples, sugar, and water, 



fermented in a cask for a certain period; also called "mahkoolah", after a Russian brewer. 

 Laabas (Russian). — Drying or hanghig frame for meat and fish. 

 Laafka (Russian). — Storehouse, or store. 



Laasbustchie (Russian). — Breeding-grounds (literally, " a place where seals dry off"). 

 LiMMERSHiN (Aleutian). — Anorthura troglodytes; wren. (A "chew of tobacco"). 

 LouGHTAK (Russian). — Air dried, skins of all seals. 



Lupus (Russian). — Fulmanis glacialis, var. Bodgersi. Fulmar. A large species of petrel. 

 Maaslucken (Aleutian). — Missing, or minus. 



Matka (Russian). — Mother ; app'.ed to female fur-seals and sea-lions. 

 Medvaidski (Russian). — Bears. 

 Melchiska (Russian) — Boy ; urchin. 

 Mees (Russian). — Cape; headland; point. 

 Mista (Russian). — Place; spot. 



MOROSHKA (Russian). — The fruit of Rubus cliamccmorus. "Little frost berry." 

 MoRSEZOViA (Russian). — Walrus island; also, " Morserovia ". 

 Morskie kot (Russian). — Fur-seals ("sea-cat"). 



Nahvostoke (Russian). — "To the eastward"; applied to the Black Bluffs on St. Paul. 

 Nahsayvernia (Russian). — "To or on the north shore." 

 jSTah SPeel (Russian). — "On the point"; a corruption of "nah speetsah". 

 Nearhpah (Russian). — PJioca vitulinn. The hair-seal. 



Novastoshnah (Russian). — "Place of recent growth"; applied to Northeast point. 

 OCHEN (Russian). — Very. 



OoTKiE (Russian). — Duck ; applied to all ducks. 

 Oreel (Russian). — Graculus hicristatus. Shag, cormorant. 

 OSTROV (Russian).— Island. 

 Pahknoot (Russian). — A smell. 



Pahtoshkee (Russian). — Leucosticte tephrocotis var. griseinucha. Gray-eared finch. 

 Peesaich, pi. peestchee (Russian). — Vulpes lagopus. Blue and white foxes. 

 Pod (English). — A smaller or larger gathering of seals on land. 

 POLAVINA SoPKA (Russian). — Halfway mountain. 

 PoLTOOS (Russian). — Hippoylossus vulgaris. Halibut. 

 Pojvieerat (Russian). — To die; applied only to the decease of animals. 

 Precashchik (Russian).— An agent; a clerk; a sheriff. 

 Predovchik (Russian).— The "senior officer". 

 Promyshlenik (Russian).— a hunter. 

 PovARNiK (Russian). — A cook-room. 



Pup (English). — The young of the fur-seal and sea-lion, up to the age of one year. 

 Raak (Russian). — The common crab. (Ghionoeocetes.) 

 Rahkoosiika (Russian). — The common mussel. (Mytilus.) 

 Rapo-loof (Russian). — Turdus migratorius. Red-breasted Robin. 

 Eazboinek (Russian).— Robber. 

 Eepkie (Russian). — Evhbioidxe. Sea-urchins. 

 Rookery, pi. rookeries (English). — Breeding-grounds and breeding-seals thereon. 



