[81] These knives are about two feet long; they are worn in their girdle, and hang upon the thigh. [82] To guard ourselves against these famished dogs we never dared to go out without our sticks, or some kind of arms to drive them off. [83] It is called by the people of this country _Poustaïareka_, or desert river. This gulf was entirely frozen over. [84] The tubes of these pipes are made of wood, with a slit from one end to the other. Thus they open in the middle, and the smoakers, from oeconomy, scrape the inside after using, and make a second regale of the filings. [85] In describing the dress of the Kamtschadales, we observed that they wore under their parque a small chemise made of nankin, or cotton stuff. [86] The reader will recollect that upon leaving Bolcheretsk, we had a troop consisting nearly of three hundred. [87] It was really a labour, and a most fatiguing one, if we consider that in these yourts it was not possible to write, without lying upon the ground; we were also suffocated with smoke, and the ink froze by our side. Transcriber's Notes Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritics repaired. The following archaic spellings have not been changed: alledge, but-end, carabine, centinel, chace, compleated, extasy, seise, smoak. Hyphen removed: oat[-]meal (p. 151), Rein[-]deer (p. 113), stair[-]case (pp. 26, 27). P. viii: with sorrow and affecton -> with sorrow and affection. P. xiv: Klatchefskaïa inhabited by Siberian peasants -> Klutchefskaïa inhabited by Siberian peasants. P. xv: We are apprehhensive => We are apprehensive. P. xv: Desription of Poustaretsk -> Description of Poustaretsk. P. 6: They sat sail -> They set sail. P. 7: Kaslof -> Kasloff. P. 7: surrendering myself implicity -> surrendering myself implicitly. P. 8: Kosloff -> Kasloff. P. 20fn: couveniencies -> conveniencies. P. 31: preserved to them this priviledge -> preserved to them this privilege. P. 87: Kamtscadales -> Kamtschadales. P. 89: They disperse in crouds -> They disperse in crowds. P. 99: lessons which thy gave -> lessons which they gave. P. 99: progess of reform -> progress of reform. P. 103: facinated my eyes -> fascinated my eyes. P. 108: haunt of this annimal -> haunt of this animal. P. 110fn: if he refuse to come out -> if he refuses to come out. P. 111fn: rain-deer -> rein deer. P. 116: unclear word restored as "Meanwhile". P. 129: in like mannner -> in like manner. P. 142: whose business is to vsiit -> whose business is to visit. P. 145: no particular priviledge -> no particular privilege. P. 176: eighbouring mountains -> neighbouring mountains. P. 182: acquisiton of wealth -> acquisition of wealth. P. 184: the veneration ... for sorcecerers -> the veneration ... for sorcerers. P. 187: there are individuls -> there are individuals. P. 191: We sat off early -> We set off early. P. 199: Verknei-Kamtschatka -> Vercknei-Kamtschatka. P. 238: as as well as the form -> as well as the form.