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1773. farther up the country, which torrents in the fpring may 
. ° ch - ; - K1 \ break loofe, and bring down to the fea. And not a little 
may be conveyed from the woody coafts, though they lie 
at a greater diftance. 
There are a great variety of plants at Oonalaffika; and 
moll of them were in flower the latter end of June. Seve¬ 
ral of them are fuch as we find in Europe, and in other 
parts of America, particularly in Newfoundland ; and 
others of them, which are alfo met with in Kamtfchatka, 
are eat by the natives both there and here. Of thefe, 
Krafcheninicoff has given us defcriptions. The principal 
one is the faranne , or lily root; which is about the fize of 
a root of garlick, round, made up of a number of fmall 
doves, and grains like groats. When boiled, it is fome- 
wliat like faloop; the tafte is not difagreeable, and we 
found means to make fome good dilh.es with it. It does 
not feem to be in great plenty ; for we got none but what 
Ifmyloff gave us. 
We muft reckon amongft the food of the natives, fome 
other wild roots; the ftalk of a plant refembling angelica ; 
and berries of feveral different forts ; fuch as bramble- 
berries ; cranberries ; hurtle-berries; heath-berries ; a fmall 
red berry, which, in Newfoundland, is called partridge- 
berry ; and another brown berry, unknown to us. This 
has fomewhat of the tafte of a lloe, but is unlike it in 
every other refped. It is very aftringent, if eaten in 
any quantity. Brandy might be diftilled from it. Cap¬ 
tain Clerke attempted to preferve fome; but they ferment¬ 
ed, and became as ftrong as if they had been fteeped in 
fpirits. 
There were a few other plants, which we found fervice- 
able, but are not made ule of by either Ruffians or natives. 
Such 
