The governor was a native of Poland, and it struck me as a curious fact that the ispravniks of Kamchatka, Ghijiga, and Ohotsk were Poles.
Cows and dogs are the only stock maintained at Ohotsk.

The former live on grass in summer, and on hay and fish in whiter.

Though repeatedly told that cows and horses in Northeastern Siberia would eat dried fish with avidity, I was inclined to skepticism.

Captain Mahood told me he had seen them eating fish in winter and appearing to thrive on it.
What was more singular, he had seen a cow eating fresh salmon in summer when the hills were covered with grass.
There is a story that Cuvier in a fit of illness, once imagined His Satanic Majesty standing before him.
"Ah!" said the great naturalist, "horns, hoofs; graniverous; needn't fear him." I wonder if Cuvier knew the taste of the cows at Ohotsk?
No ship had visited Ohotsk for nearly a year before our arrival, though half a dozen whalers had passed in sight.

A steamer goes annually from the Amoor with a supply of flour and salt on government account.