our ship, and when set down to meat, 
they preferred a mess of biscuit and 
whale-oil to all the dainties placed before 
them. Of this coarse repast they eat 
with a healthful appetite, and in their 
own language pronounced it good. They 
had the complexion of Siberians, and 
were dressed in bear and deer skins. 
They had an athletic and vigorous ap¬ 
pearance, though somewhat stiffened and 
cramped by the extreme cold to which 
they are exposed. During the time they 
were on board, and particularly while at 
meat, they behaved with a decorum and 
gentleness which could hardly be ex¬ 
pected from their grotesque appearance: 
and the neatness of their fowling pieces, 
boat-tackling, &c. manifested a taste and 
ingenuity of which the inhabitants of a 
more refined country need not be asha¬ 
med. 
The zoology is the only remaining sub¬ 
ject of importance in the description of 
