[ 32 3 
felves Katiagyft. To all appearance thefe 
iflandersare numerous; for they appeared 
in great numbers on the coafi:. They 
feem to be an obftinate and brutiiTi peo- 
ple, who will fubmit to no ruler, and 
fhew no refpect to each other. The drefs 
of thefe people confifts of the under gar- 
ment above defcribed, made of dark co- 
loured, brown and red fox-ildns ; as alfo 
of the fkins of beavers, fea-fowls and 
elks, and the fpeckled field-moufe, (Mus 
Citellus) which they call Jewrafchki or 
Suflik : how and where they catch thefe 
animals, we could not learn. In winter 
they wear on their feet a kind of long 
fnow-fhoes, called Torpafes, made of 
raindeer-ikin, few r ed with Kamifch (a). 
They wear no ftockings nor breeches, 
but variety of caps, which they make of 
many different fluffs, according to their 
fancy. Their common weapons are bows 
and 
(<;) Kcmifcb is a kind of reed, the fibres of which 
thev draw out into thread*. 
