At Anadyrsk Captain Kennan arranged a small battery and held in his pocket the key that controlled the circuit.

Then the marvel began.

The instrument told when persons entered or left the room, when any thing was taken from the table without permission, or any impropriety committed.

Even covered with a piece of deer skin, it could see distinctly.

With the human tendency to ascribe to the devil anything not understood, these natives looked upon the telegraph as supernatural.