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nnd their arms, neck, and back are covered with hair. I 
observed this circumstance,’ he adds, ‘as a general cha- 
racteristic, for it is easy to find individuals equally hairy 
in Europe. 
“Brouerhton declares that their bodies are almost uni- 
versally covered with long, black hair, and that he observed 
the same appearance even in some young children.” 
The foresroing is wdiat Dr. Pritchard savs on the sub- 
ject; while Golownin, writing from personal observation 
during his strange captivitj’, remarks : — 
“The appearance of the inhabitants of Matsmai, (Jesso,) 
and of the other Kurile islands, shows clearly that they are 
of one race; the featui’es, the uncommonly-hrown colour 
of the hairy body, the black, shining hair, the heard, — 
every thing, in short, — indicate a common origin. The 
only difference between them now is, that the Ainu of 
Matsmai are handsomer, stronger, and more active than 
the Kuriles, to which, perhaps, a more active life and 
abundance of good food have greatly contributed ; for 
the Japanese have traded wuth them for these four centu- 
ries, and bring them not only rice, hut even articles of 
luxury, sirch as tobacco, sage, &c. The other Kuriles, 
particularly the northern ones, live in indigence, feed on 
roots, sea-animals, and wild fowl, of which they, indeed, 
are never in want ; hut idleness often hinders them from 
collecting a proper stock, so that sometimes they pass 
several days without food, in indolence and sleep 
In trifles the Kuriles like to imitate us: thus, for exam- 
ple, they shave their beards and wear long tails. The 
Ainu, on the contrary, wear their beards, and cut their 
hair like the Kussian wagoners, only something shorter. 
