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can underffand one another, without an interpreter $ 
confequently, their language has no fmall refem- 
blance with that of the Koriaki : for the Tchukot- 
chian comes from the Koriatfkian [^language], and 
differs from it only in the dialed : neverthelefs, the 
Koriatfkian interpreters can fpeak with them, with- 
out any fort of difficulty. With regard to what Mr. 
Steller writes, that not one of our interpreters could 
underffand the American language, poffibly, that 
comes from the great difference in the dialed, or 
from a difference of pronounciation ; which is ob- 
ferved, not only among the wild inhabitants of Kamt- 
chatka, but alfo among the European nations, in 
different provinces. In Kamtchatka, there is hardly 
any fmall * cftrog , but what the fpeech there differs 
[fomewhat] from that of another that lies neareff. 
As for thofe fmall oftrogs , which are at fome hun- 
dreds of verffes from one another, thofe can no 
longer underffand each other, without [fome] 
trouble. 
The following remarkable refemblances between 
the American and the Kamtchadalian nations, have 
been obferved : 
1 . That the Americans reiemble the Kamtchadales 
in the face. 
2. That they eat the fweet-herb, after the fame 
manner as the Kamtchadales j [a thing] which never 
was obferved any-where elfe. 
* OJlrojka, a fmall ojirog , is a place fenced and fortified with a 
pallifade, made of trees, fixed perpendicularly in the ground, and 
cut (harp at the top : fomctimes they are beams laid over each 
other. OJlruiy in Rufs, fignifies (harp. 
3. That 
