pofition they wait, concealing themfelves very care fu lly in
the boat, and keeping a iharp look-out for the fiih, which
always direft their courfe clofe in with the Ihore, and whofe
approach is announced by a rippling in the water, till they
find that the ihoal has advanced beyond the boat, when the y
ihoot the canoe to ihore in a d irefl line, and never fail o f
inclofing their prey. Seldom more than two men are employed
to a net, w ho hawl with facility, in this manner,
feines larger than ours, to which we appoint a dozen. We
at firil met with ve ry poor iuccefs in our own method o f
h aw lin g ; but after the Kamtfchadales had very kin dly put
us in the way, w e were not lets fuccefsful than themfelves.
In the rivers, they ihoot one net acrofs, and h aw l another
down the ftream to it.
T h e lakes that have a communication with the fea, which
w as the cafe o f all thofe that I faw, abound with fiih, that
have very much the refemblance o f fmall falmon, and are
from four to fix pounds weight. I could not underftand that
the inhabitants thought it worth their while to fiih for them.
As thefe lakes are not deep, they become an eafy p rey to the
bears and dogs during the fumme r; and i f I might ju d g e
from the quantity o f bones to be feen upon the banks, they
devour vail numbers o f them.
T h e inhabitants, for the moil part, dry their falmon, and
fait very little o f it. Each fiih is cut into three pieces, the
belly-piece being firil taken off, and afterward a flice along
each fide the back-bone. The former o f thefe are dried
and fmoked, and efteemed the fineft part o f the fiih, and
fold, when we were at St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s, at the rate
o f one hundred for a rouble. The latter are dried in the
air, and either eaten whole a,s bread, or reduced to powder,
o f which th e y make paile and cakes, that are not unplea-
fant to the tafte. T h e head, .tail, and bones, are hu ng up and
dried fo r winter provifion fo r the dogs.
L iß of the Animals found in Kamtfchatka, communicated
by Mr. P e n n a n t * .
** Argali, wild iheep, Ar£t. Zool. /1
Vol. I. p. 12. j• Capra ammon, Lin. Syft. 97.
Ibex, er wild goat 16. Capra ibex - 90.
* * Rein ' - 22. Ccrvus tarandus . — 93.
* * Wolf - - 3 8 . Cänis lupus — — 38.
* * Dog 40.
* * Ardic fox 42. Cams lagopus - 59.
* * European fox - 4 5 - Canis vulpes — jja.
a. black - 46.
b. erofs ib.
** Polar bear, in the Frozen fea 7 ,onl y - - 55.J> UrJf us arB. os - 6n*,
* * Bear 57.- Urfus arüos
'* * Wolverene 66. Urfus lufcus 71..
** Common weafel. 75. ' Mußda nivalis - 69..
* * Stoat, or ermine ibid.. Muß da erminea 68.
* * Sable . - 79. Mußda zibellina - 68.
Common otter 86, Muß ela lutra 6R.
* * Sea otter - — 88. Mußda lutris 66»
* * Varying hare 94. Leßus timidus
* T h e quadrupeds and birds mentioned in this part o f the vo yag e
this lift w ith a double a fte r iik -
are marked in=
V o l . III. Z z Alpine