The Fixed Koriacs have a ftrong refemblance to the
Kamtfchadales ; and, like theiri, depend altogether on fifh-
in g for fubfiftence. Their drefs and habitations are o f the
fame kind. T h e y are tributary to the Ruffians, and under
the diftriil o f the Ingiga.
The Wandering Koriacs occupy themfelves intirely in
breeding and pafturing deer, o f which they are faid to polFefs
immenfe numbers ; and that it is no unufual thing for an
individual C h ief to have a herd o f four or five thoufand.
The y defpife fiih, and live intirely on deer. T h e y have no
lalagans ■ and their only habitations are like the Kamtfcha-
dalejourts, with this difference, that they are covered with
raw deer-fkins in winter, and tanned ones in fummer.
T he ir fledges are drawn by deer, and never by dogs;
which, like the latter, are likewife always fpaved, in order
to be trained to this bufinefs. T h e draft deer pafture in '
company with the others ; and when they are wanted, the
herdfmen make ufe o f a certain cry, which they inftantly
obey, by coming out o f the herd.
T h e prieft o f Paratounca informed me, that the two nations
o f the Koriacs, and the T fchutiki fpeak different dialedls
o f the fame language ; and that it bears not the fmalleft
refemblance to the Kamtichadale.
T h e country o f the T fchutiki is bounded on the South by
the Anadir, and extends along the coaft to the Tfchutfkoi
Nofs. Like the Wandering Koriacs, their attention is principally
confined to their deer, o f which their country affords
great numbers, both tame and wild. T h e y are a flour,
well-made, bold, warlike race o f p eo p le ; redoubtable
neighbours to both nations o f the Koriacs, who often feel
the effeits o f their depredatory incurfions. T he Ruffians
have,
have, for many years, been ufing their endeavours to bring ' 779-
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them under their dominion ; and, after lofing a great many -*—
men in their different expeditions for this purpofe, have not
been able to effeft it.
I ihall here conclude this article, fince all we can fay o f
this people, on our own knowledge, hath been laid before
the Reader in the preceding Volume.
C H A P .