The wanderers have great numbers of reindeer, and lead a migratory life in finding pasturage for their herds.

The settled Koriaks are those who have lost their deer and been forced to locate where they can subsist by fishing.

The former are kind and hospitable; the latter generally the reverse.

Poverty has made them selfish, as it has made many a white man.

All are honest to a degree unusual among savages.