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two lofts, to which they afcend by a ladder placed in the 
entry. There are two fmall windows in each apartment, 
made of talc , and in the houfes of the poorer fort, of fifh- 
lkin. The beams and boards of the cieling are dnbbed 
fmooth with a hatchet (for they are unacquainted with the 
plane), and from the effe£ls of the fmoke are as black and 
Ihining as jet. 
A town of Kamtfchatka is called an oflrog , and confhls of 
feveral of the three forts of houfes above defcribed ; but of 
which balagans are much the molf numerous; and I muft 
obferve, that I never met with a houfe of any kind de¬ 
tached from an oflrog . Saint Peter and Saint Paul conliffcs 
of feven loghoufes, or ifbas , nineteen balagans , and three 
jourts. Paratounca is of about the fame fize. Karatchin 
and Natcheekin contain fewer loghoufes, hut full as many 
jourts and balagans as the former ; fom whence I conclude, 
that fuch is the ufual fize of the oflrogs. 
Having already had occafion to mention the drefs of the 
Kamtfchadale women, I fLiall here confine myfelf to a de- 
fcription of that of the men. 
The outermofl garment is of the fhape of a carter’s frock. 
Thofe worn in fummer are of nankeen; in winter they are 
made of fkins, moll commonly of the deer or dog, tanned 
on one fide, the hair being left on the other, which is worn 
innermofl. Under this is a dole jacket of nankeen, or other 
cotton fluffs, and beneath that a fliirt of thin Perfian filk, 
of a blue, red, or yellow colour. The remaining part of 
their drefs conlifls of a pair of tight trowfers, or long 
breeches, of leather, reaching down to the calf of the leg; 
of a pair of dog or deer fkin boots, with the hair inner¬ 
mofl ; and of a fur cap, with two flaps, which are generally 
tied 
1779. 
October. 
