o tobe landedat different parts along tht
'liu, -al- of who  were put ashore to assis  ted.
?- and in a short time the chosen site was perfectly alive
busy groups,,some carrying stones with which to cohct foundations, others digging sods, while still otherscarlumber up from the water's edge to supply the car~ters.
n the mean time we made several trips to the mouthof bay with the Wright to look for the Golden Gate, and various opportunities of visiting the Tchuctchu settlent  These natives were much the same as those I have ady described, though the- sterility of the neighboring ntry and total absence of drift-wood force them to rely n other sources for material for their habitations and boats. ir tents are made of the skins of the walrus,'seal, or deer, are generally of an oval shape, from the fact that the in-.
itants can not procure straight wooden poles for the
e, but employ the curved bones of whales instead.
:For fuel they burn blubber altogether. They use the idera," or large skin-boats, covered generally with walrusethe frame of which is sometimes also made of bone. ese boats are frequently used in quite rough weather at and, to prevent their capsizing, as well as to buoy them c, sealskins inflated with air are attached to their sides.
yare propelled with short, single-bladed paddles. Their tr costume is of deerskins, with sealskin boots, but in mer many of them wear garments made of the skins of prepared with the feathers on and sewed together in the r shape. For wet weather a kind of overshirt is made of skins or the intestines of the whale or walrus, with a hood te same material. These garments are frequently worn y weather also. This same material is also used by the ianized natives throughout Eastern Siberia for windows,
g translucent, and in many respects better than cakes which theywould otherwise have to use, though scaled
is are also frequently applied to the same purpose.
le.seal, and walrus constitute almost their only fo, ' '
1 these animals abound in this locality, the.natives are in destitute circumstances. Besides, they carry on thrirving trade with whalers and traders who annual^H&^        . ,^':;