The population, formerly exceeding two thousand, is now less than two hundred.
We landed on a gravelly beach, where we were met by a crowd of Cossacks and "Lamuti." The almond-shaped eyes and high cheek bones of the latter betray their Mongolian origin.

As I walked among them each hailed me with _sdrastveteh_, the Russian for 'good-morning.' I endeavored to reply with the same word, but my pronunciation was far from accurate.

Near these natives there were several Yakuts and Tunguze, with physiognomies unlike the others.

The Russian empire contains more races of men than any rival government, and we frequently find the population of a single locality made up from two or more branches of the human family.

In this little town with not more than ten or twelve dozens of inhabitants, there were representatives of the Slavonic, the Tartar, and the Mongolian races.
We found Captain Mahood, of the Telegraph service, in a quiet residence, where he had passed the summer in comparitive idleness.