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ing off this firft liquor, they pour on more hot water, and 1779. 
make a fecond in the fame manner. They then pour both . Qa ° bcr ' 
liquor and herbs into a copper ftill, and draw off the fpirit 
after the ufual method. The liquor, thus obtained, is of 
the ftrength of brandy ; and is called by the natives raka . 
Two pood (feventy-two pounds) of the plant yield gene¬ 
rally one vedro (twenty-five pints) of raka. 
Stelier fays, that the fpirit diftilled from this plant, un- 
fcraped, is exceedingly prejudicial to the health, and pro¬ 
duces the moft fudden and terrible nervous effeils. 
Befides thefe, Krafcheninikoff mentions a variety of other 
plants, from whence the inhabitants prepare feveral decoc¬ 
tions ; and which, being mixed with their fifft, make palat¬ 
able and wholefome ragouts. Such as the kipri *, with 
which is brewed a pleafant common beverage; and, by 
boiling this plant and the fweet herb together, in the pro¬ 
portion of one to five of the latter, and fermenting the 
liquor in the ordinary way, is obtained a ftrong and excel¬ 
lent vinegar. The leaves of it are ufed inftead of tea ; and 
the pith is dried and mixed in many of their difhes ; the 
morkovm t, which is very like angelica ; the kotkorica {, the 
root of which they eat indifferently, green or dried; the 
ikoum § ; the utchichlei ||, which is much eaten with fifh : 
with many others. 
It is faid, that the Kamtfchadales (before their acquaint¬ 
ance with fire-arms), poifoned their fpears and arrows with 
the juice of the root of the zgate f ; and that wounds in- 
* Epilohum. -f- Cbarephyllum fesnimbus levibus. 
t Tradefcantia frutlu tnolli edulo. § Bijlorta foliis ovatis , oblongis , acuminatis. 
!l J^cobeafoliis cannabis. Stelier. Anemonoides et ranunculus ,. 
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