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neither are there any Government Stations and very few Russians.  The natives of that section are Tonguese, a nomadic people living entirely by their deer, having few of them and being miserably poor.  At Okhotsk, and beyond the people are better off some of them counting their deer by hundreds and even thousands there consequently deer are very cheap here and at Odskoi they are very expensive reaching 35 or 40 roubles.  Mexican dollars are a better investment in this Country than American gold.  The only people here that use gold are the foreign merchants and unless they want to send it away at once they will discount it a great deal.  I was compelled to exchange at the rate of 63 cents.- A paper rouble is worth in San Francisco about 58 cents and should be be worth here more than 60 cents.  At Turgur Bay, and also at Odskoi, there is a whaleing establishment and they will both be good places for depots.  Between there and Aian there is no harbor.  Supplies may be taken inland from Nicholasski quite a distance on the route by