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of that ifland: it feemed a dialeé&t of the Greenlanders. They called their wooden 
fhields Kuyaky, probably becanfe they refemble a kaiak, or a little canoe, a Green- 
land word for that fpecies of boat; and themfelves Kanagi/?, as the others ftyle 
themfelves Karalit. ‘They have likewife the woman’s boat, like the people of 
Prince William’s found : in fact, they feem to be the fame people, but more refined. 
They were armed with pikes, bows and arrows, and wooden fhields, Their thirts 
were made of the fkins of birds ; alfo of the earlefs Marmot ( 4ré#. Zool. i. N° 47), 
Foxes, and Sea Bears, and fome of fifhes fkins. Dogs, Bears, common Otters, 
and Ermines, were obferved here. Their dwellings were made with timber, and 
were from fifteen to twenty fathoms long, covered with a thatch and dried grafs. 
Within they were divided into compartments for every family, and every com- 
partment lined neatly with mats. The entrance was on the top, covered with 
frames, on which were ftretched the membranes of dried inteftines inftead of glafs*. 
Thefe people feemed to have made far greater progrefs in the arts than their neigh- 
bors. ‘They worked their carpets in a very curious manner ; on one fide clofe fet 
with beaver wool. The Sea Otters fkins which they brought for fale were in 
fome parts fhorn quite clofe with fharp ftones, fo that they gliftened and appeared 
like velvet. They fhewed ftrong proofs of genius in their invention to preferve 
themfelves from the effects of the Ruffian fire-arms. ‘They had the fpirit to make 
an attack, and formed fkreens with three parallel perpendicular rows of ftakes, 
bound with fea-weeds and ofiers; their length was twelve feet, and thicknefs 
three: under the fhelter of thefe they marched; but their fuccefs was not cor- 
refpondent to their plan ¢ : a fally of the Ruffans difconcerted them, and put them 
to the rout. 
The ifland confifts of hills mixed with lowlands. It abounds with bulbs, roots,. 
and berries, for food ; with fhrubs, and even trees fufficiently large to be hollowed. 
into canoes capable of carrying five perfonst. In this kind of boat they differ 
from thofe of the Greenlanders. 
Off the extremity of the peninfula of Ala/chka is Holibut ifland, in lat. 54, 
rifing into a lofty pyramidal mountain, lying oppofite to the narrow fhallow 
ftreight which lies between the ifle Oonemaka and Alafchka. The chain on the 
continent is feen to rife into ftupendous heights, covered with fnow: among 
them feveral of the hills appear to rife infulated, and of a conic form. One 
* From a MS. communicated to me by Dr. PaLtas, Bragin was commander of a veflel which 
was fitted out by the merchants on a voyage to the new-difcovered iflands, and failed from Ochot/e in 
3772. About ten years prior to this, another voyage was made to Kadjak by Stephen Glottoff.— 
See Coxe’s Difc. 108. t Coxe’s Ruf, Difc. 12. t MS. 
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