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"The whole day (August 11th, during the return journey
from Bering Strait) we went toward the narrowest entrance of
Mechigmenskaia Bay with a light west wind and intermittent very
light wind between N and W. The Chukchi from the settlement,
Liugren, with their chief, Telmuurgin, came in three baidars,
but brought nothing for trade because they apparently were
hunting, and for this reason they soon returned, promising
to deliver deer without fail to us and assuring us that they
grazed very near.

"In the morning (the 12th) the Chukchis came with the
same chief, Telmuurgin, who assured us that the deer would
come very soon because yesterday they had been sent for.

"After midday, I went with some officers to the settle-
ment Liugren, a distance of 4 1/3 miles3 with the depth grad-
ually decreasing from six to two sazhens, being not farther
than 1/4 mile from shore. The settlement stands on an ele-
vation consisting of two parts divided by a slope, beyond
which is a swamp and a few lakes of brackish water. In the
settlement there are summer and winter yurts, 40 altogether.
The summer ones are exactly the/same as in St. Lawrence Bay,
only larger, and the winter ones are dug halfway into the
ground, and the other half covered around with sod and earth.
Inside are cross beams and supports from driftwood and whale
ribs needed for the support of the yurt. Part of the floor
is covered with planks. The entrance is gained from the top
into a little hatchway. We saw here very many altars for