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3 6 KA)!TCHATKA AXD ITS PE OPLE ,
beside every house, filled with th ousands of drying
salm on ; and th e smell which fills th e air all around
betrays th e nature of the Kamtchudnls' occupation,
and of th e food upon whi ch th ey live. Half a dozen
dug-out can oes lie bottom upw ard on th e sandy beach,
covered with lm'ge neatly-tied ncts ; two or three
long. narrow dog-sledges stand up on tlu-ir ends
against every house; and a hundred or more sharpeared
dogs, tied at intervals to Ion::!. heavy poles, lie
panting in th e sun, snapping viciously at the Hies and
mosqui toes whi ch disturb th eir rest.
7. In th e centre of th e village, facing th e west, in
all th e glory of red paint and glittering domes, stands
the Greek church, contrasting strangely with the
rude log houses over which it lifts its shining golden
cross. It is generally built of carefully-hewn logs,
pain ted a deep brick-red, covered with a green sheetiron
roof, and surmounted by two onion-shap ed domes
of tin, which are sometimes coloured sky-blue and
spangled with golden stars.
8. The settled natives of Nor thern Kmutchatka
have genel'lllly two different residences, in which they
live at different seasons of th e year-a win ter settlement
and a summer fishing- station. In th e former,
which is gener'ally situated und er th e shelte r of timbered
hills several miles fr om th e en-con t, they
re ide from September until June, The fishi nq-station
is always built near the mouth of a riv er 01 ' stream,
and consis of a few earth-covered huts, and a great
number' of wooden fram es on which fish are hung to
dry, To this fishing-station th e inhabitants all remove
early in J une, leaving their winter settlement
entirely deserted,