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K A~JTC H ATKA AXD ITS PEOPLE. 37
9. The wand ering Kora ks of Kamtchatku, who are
divid ed into about forty different band s, roam over
the great steppes in the northern part of th e peninsula.
They wander alm ost constantly with th eir great
herds of reindeer, and so unsettled and restless are
they in th eir habits, that th ey seldom camp longer
than a week in anyone place.
] O. This, however, is not altogether du e to love of
change. A herd of four or five thousand reind eer
will, in a few days, paw up the snow and eat all
the moss within a radius of a mile from the encampment
, and th en, of cours e, th e ban d must move to
fresh ground . Th ey must wander, or th eir deer will
starve, and th en their own starvation follows as a
natural consequence.
11. Th e restl ess habit s thus produ ced have now
become part of th e Korak's very nature, so that he
could hardly live in any other way. This wandering,
free life has made the Koraks bold, impatient of
restraint, and perf ectly self-reliant. Give th em a small
herd of reind eer, and a moss steppe to wander over,
and th ey ask nothing more from all th e world.
pic-tu-resque'
scen~r-y
in-hcs-pi-ta-ble
lux-u~ri-ant
v~ge-ta~tion
col-um-bine
trop-i-cal
con-tin-u-al-ly
m~-nif-i-cent
sol-i-ta-ry
pop-u-la-tion
hor-i-zon-tal
salm-on
vr'-cious-Iy
mos-qui-toes
res -i-den-ces
steppes
rein-deer
ra-di-us
re-straint'
'YORD E XERCISE :-
I. Expl ain the differen ce between the word s luxuriant aud luxurious,
and give the abstract noun connected with each.
2. Analy. th e words surmounted and encampment, and give the
meanin g of th e various parts of each.
3. Explain th e word nodded as applied to rocks in sect ion 2.
For K OTES, .ee pGge !D8.
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