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TRAVELS
IN
KAMTSCHATKA,
DURING THE YEARS 1787 AND 1788.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF

M. DE LESSEPS, CONSUL OF FRANCE,

AND

INTERPRETER TO THE COUNT DE LA PEROUSE, NOW
ENGAGED IN A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BY
COMMAND OF HIS MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOLUME II.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD.
1790.

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CONTENTS TO VOL. II.

Page
Departure from Poustaretsk1
Find some concealed provisions4
Painful travelling5
Am guilty of an imprudence that injures my health6
Cured by exercise9
Meet three convoys sent to M. Kasloff10
River Penguina12
Arrival at Kaminoiib
Koriacs falsely accused of rebellion13
Description of Kaminoi16
Baidars, or large boats17
M. Schmaleff is obliged to quit me18
Gives me a soldier named Yegor-Golikoffib
Tempest20
Arrival of seven Tchouktchis21
Conversation with their chief22
Account of two women who accosted me31
Arrival at the camp of the Tchouktchis36
Description of the camp39
Dress of the women42
Features43
Commerce of the Tchouktchis44
Arrival at Pareiné46
History of a woman of Ingiga47
Alarmed by a Koriac chief, who wishes to detain me49
Departure from Pareiné...

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