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The Koreki, a nation of Kamt/chatka, may be placed on a level 
with the Samoieds: they keep immenfe herds of Reins ; fome of the 
richeft, to the amount of ten or twenty thoufand ; yet fo fordid are 
they as to eat none except fuch which they kill for the fake of the 
fins ; an article of commerce with their neighbors the Kamtfchatkans : 
otherwife they content themfelves with the flefh of thofe which die 
by difeafe or chance. They train them in the fledge, but neglect 
them for every domeftic purpofe *. Their hiftorian fays, they couple 
two to each carriage ; and that the Deer will travel a hundred and fifty 
verfts in a day, that is, a hundred and twelve Englifh miles. They 
caftrate the males by piercing the fpermatic arteries, and tying the 
fcrotum tight with a thong. ; 
The inhabitants about the river Kolyma make ufe of the foft fkins 
of the Rein-deer, dreffed, for fails for a kind of boat called Schitiki, 
caulked with mofs; and the boards as if fewed together with thongs ; 
and the cordage made of flices of the fkin of the Elk f. 
The favage and uninformed Eimaux and Greenlanders, who poftefs, 
amidft their fnows, thefe beautiful animals, neglect not only the do- 
meftic ufes, but even are ignorant of their advantage in the fledge. 
Their element is properly the water; their game theSeals. They feem 
to want powers to domefticate any animals unlefs Dogs. They are at 
enmity with all; confider them as an object of chafe, and of no utility 
till deprived of life. The flefh of the Rein is the moft coveted part 
of their food ; they eat it raw, dreffed, and dried and {moked with 
the fnow lichen. The wearied hunters will drink the raw blood; but 
it is ufually dreffed with the berries of the heath: they eagerly 
devour the contents of the ftomach, but ufe the inteftines boiled. 
They are very fond of the fat, and will not lofe the left birt. The 
fkin, fometimes a part of their cloathing, dreffed with the hair on, is 
foft and pliant ; it forms alfo the inner lining of their tents, and moft 
* Hift. Kamt/chatha, 226, 227.—T he Koreki exchange their Deer with the neighboring 
sations for rich furs, + Muller's Summary, (Fe. xviii t Faun, Groeal. p. 28. 
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