themfelves in winter, whenever it freezes very hard,
they burn a heap of dry grafs, over which they hand
and catch the heat under their clothes. The clothes of
the women and children are made of fea-otter Ikins, in
the fame form as thofe belonging to the men. Whenever
they pafs the night at a diftance from home, they
dig a hole in the earth, and lay themfelves down in it,
covered only with their- clothes and mats of platted grafs,
Regardlefs of every thing but the prefent moment, defti-
tute of religion, and without the leaft appearance of decency,
they feem but few degrees removed from brutes.
As foon as the feveral baidars ferit out upon hunting
parties were returned, and the veflel got ready for their
departure, the Toigons o f thefe iflands (excepting Ka-
naga)-came in baidars to Tolftyk, accompanied with a
confiderable number of the natives ; their names were
Tfarkulini, Tihunila, Kayugotflc and Mayatok. They
brought with them a voluntary tribute, making prefents
of pieces of dried falmon, and unanimoufly expreffing
their fatisfadtion upon the good conduct of the Ruffians.
Tolftyk gave them in return fome toys and other trifles,
and defired them to recommend to the inhabitants of the
other iflands the like friendly behaviour towards the Ruffian
merchants who fhould come amongft them, if they
had a mind to be treated in the fame manner.
June 14, 1764, they failed for Kamtchatka, and anchored
on the 19th before Shemiya, one of the Aleutian
Iflands.
Iflands. The 21ft they were forced from their anchor
by tempeftuous winds, and driven upon a rocky ffiore.
This accident obliged them to fend the lading afliore, and
to draw the lhip upon land in order to repair the damage,
which was done not without great difficulty. On the
18th of Auguft they flood out to fea and made towards
Atchu, which they reached on the 20th. Having
fprung a leak they again refitted the veflel; and, after
taking on board the crew of a lhip which had been lately
call: away, they failed for Kamtchatka. On the 4th of
September they came in fight of that peninfula near Jrhe,Ve/'1
Tzafchminlkoi Oftrog; and on the 18th, as they were en- KamuhatfaL
deavouring to run into the mouth of the Kamtchatka
river, they were forced by a ftorm upon the coaft. The
veflel was deftroyed, and the greateft part of the cargp
loft.
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