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equally reftorative to the two-legged Urfine race. The laft even acknowlege the 
Bear as their dancing-mafter, and are moft apt fcholars in mimicking his attitudes 
and graces *. I was informed by one of the gentlemen who was on the voyage, 
that the Sea Otter, N° 36, was feen on the firft‘arrival on the American coaft ; but, 
as it is not mentioned in that excellent and magnificent work til] the arrival of the 
fhips in Nootka found, I will not infift on the accuracy of its latitude. 
The 4rgali yields a difh of moft excellent flavor. The natives work the horns 
into fpoons, fmall cups, and platters; and have frequently a fmall one hang- 
ing at their belts, by way of a drinking horn, in their hunting expeditions +. 
The Dogs are like the Pomeranian, but vaftly larger; the hair rather coarfer, 
and the ufual color light dun, or dirty creme-color. Bitches are never ufed for 
the draught, but dogs alone; which are trained to it from their puppy-hood, by 
being tied with thongs to ftakes, with their food placed at a fmall diftance beyond 
their reach ; fo that by conftant laboring and ftraining, they acquire both ftrength 
of limb and habit of drawing f. 
The leonine and urfine Seals, and the Manati, muft have been on their mi- 
grations during the time the navigators vifited this peninfula; for they faw not 
one of thofe curious animals. The common Seals, being ftationary, were 
met with in great numbers. The bottle-nofed Seal, or Sea-Lion of Lord Anfon, 
is totally unknown in thefe feas. I refer the reader, for a view of the quadrupeds 
and birds of Kamt/chatka, to the catalogue which Captain Kine honored with a 
place in the third volume of the Voyage §. I fhall only add, that the clafs of 
Auks is far the moft numerous of any, and contains fix fpecies unknown to Ex- 
rope; that the only bird which has efcaped me is a fmall Blue Petrel |, feen in 
numbers in about lat. 59. 48, off the northern part of the peninfula. 
Kamtfchatka is deftitute of every fpecies of ferpent and frog. Lizards are very 
frequent, and are detefted by the natives, who believe them to be {pies fent by the 
infernal gods to examine their actions, and predict their deaths. If they catch one, 
they cut it into fmall pieces, to prevent it from giving any account of its miffion: 
if it efcapes out of their hands, they abandon themfelves to melancholy, and 
expect every moment their diffolution; which often happens through fear, and 
ferves to confirm the fuperftition of the country q. The air is very unfavorable 
* Voy. ili. 308. t Same, 344. t Same, 345- 
§ By fome typographical miftake, the greater part of the webbed-footed birds are, in the firft edition, 
placed under the divifion of cloven-footed. The naturalift reader will eafily fee, that the birds, from 
CRANE, p. 357, to PIED OrsTER-CATCHER, ought to be placed in the divifion of clowen-footed; and 
from GREAT TERN, p. 356, to RED-FACED CoRVORANT, p. 357, fhould be put after RED-THROAT- 
ED Diver, p. 358, the webbed-footed. i Narrative, il, 246. q Defer. Kamt/ch. Fr..509>- 
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