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their language is a proof of their mildness of maimers. 
. , . . The sun and moon are their divinities. But they 
have neither temples nor priests, nor any religious laws. 
, . . . They have here [Matsmai] oaks, lirs, yew, cypress, 
birch, lime, various kinds of poplars, maple, aspen, moun- 
tain-ash, and many others Of quadrupeds there 
are bears, wolves, hares, rabbits, deer, wild goats, sables, 
and field-mice; in summer, geese, ducks, and swans visit 
them. In general, all the same sorts of land and sea 
birds are found here as in Kamtschatka.” 
My own observations proved the gentlemen from 
whose works the foregoing have been so freely quoted, 
to have been Avell informed in the first case (except it bo 
in the case of universal hairiness of body) and a true 
observer in the last; while, at the same time, they enable 
me to make a few general comments. 
The hairy endowments of these people are by no 
means so extensive as the foregoing quotations lead one 
to suppose. As a general rule, they shave the front of 
the head a la Japanese, and, though the remaining hair is 
undoubtedly very thick and coarse, yet it is also very 
straight, and owes its busby appearance to the simple 
fact of constant scratching and seldom combing. This 
remaining hair they part in the middle and allow to 
grow within an inch of the shoulder. The prevailing 
hue is black, but it often possesses a brownish cast,’ 
and these exceptions cannot be owing to the sun, as 
it is but reasonable to suppose that they sufter a like 
exposure from infiincy up. Like the hair, their beard 
is bushy, and from the same causes. It is generally 
black, but often brownish, and seldom exceeds five or 
