near an illand and caft anchor before i t ; they were how-
stipwrecked ever again forced from this ftation, the veffel wrecked
the°morc cUf- upon the coaft, and the crew with difficulty reached the
tant Iflands. *
ffiore.
This ifland feemed to be right oppofite to Katyrfkoi
Nofs in the peninfrda of Kamtchatka, and near it they
faw three others. Towards the end of September De-
mitri Trophin, accompanied with nine men, went out
in the boat upon an hunting and reconnoitring party :
they were attacked by a large body of inhabitants,- who
hurled darts from a fmall wooden engine, and wounded
one of the company. The firft fire however drove them
back ; and although they returned feveral times to the
attack in numerous bodies, yet they were always re-
pulfed without difficulty.
Accountofthe Thefe favages mark and colour their faces like -the
Inhabitants. ® c
Iflanders above-mentioned; and alfo thruft pieces of
bone through holes made in their under-lips.
•- Soon afterwards the Ruffians were joined in a friendly,
manner by ten iflanders, who brought the fleffi of fea-
animals and of fea-otters ; this prefent was the more
welcome, as they had lived for fome time upon nothing
but fmall ffiell-fiffi and roots; and had fuffered greatly
from hunger. Several toys were in return diftributed
among the favages. The Ruffians remained until Ti«crewcon-
° ' ° ‘ ‘ ' ’ ftruft another
June, 1754, upon this ifland: at that time they de-
parted in a fmall veffel, conftrudted from the remains of Kamah,"kl-
the wreck, and called the St. Peter and Paul : in this they
landed at Katyrfkoi Nofs; where- having collected 1 40
fea-horfe teeth, they got fafe to the mouth of the Kamtchatka
river.
During this voyage twelve Kamtchadals deferted;
of whom fix were flain, together with a female inhabitant,
upon one of the moft diftant iflands.- The
remainder, upon their return to Kamtchatka, were
examined ; and from them the following circumftances
came to light. The ifland, where the fhip Was wrecked,
is about 70 verfts long, and- 20 broad. Around it lie
twelve other iflands of different fizes, from five to ten
verfts diftant from each other. Eight of them appear
to be no more than five verfts long. All thefe iflands
contain about a thoufand fouls. The dwellings of the
inhabitants are provided with no other furniture than
benches, and mats of platted grafs®. Their drefs confifts
of a kind of lhirt made of bird-fkins, and o f an upper
garment of inteftines ftitched together; they wear wooden
caps, ornamented with a fmall piece of board projecting'forwards,
as it feemed, for a defence againft the
arrows. They qre all provided with ftone knives, and a
Matten aus einem geviflen Krautgeflochten.