Excerpt from The History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands: With the Countries AdjacentWhen Mr. Kra/beninicof had given the Academy of Sciences a full report of all his obfervations at Kamtf cbatba, and had likewife received all Mr. Steller's papers, it was thought proper to join thele two works, and to commit their compilement to the perfon who had the greateft {hare in the merit of the difcovery. This is the origin of the following defcription of Kamtfcbatba, a country never yet defcribed by any author of credit, and where the manners and cuf'coms of the inhabitants are beyond meafure fingular and uncommon. It is to be wilhed that fuch writers as have hitherto given us accounts of new-difcovered countries had taken the fame pains to inform them felves that this writer hath. The author was ad vanced in the year 1745 to be an adjunét of the Academy of Sciences, and in the year 1 7 50 was made profe¿br of botany and natural hifiory. He died in the 42d year of his age, when the hit fheets of his book were printing off, and was one of thofe few whom perfonal merit alone, and no advantages of birth or fortune, contributed to raife.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.