Note 38 — Chapter III · PASTORAL TRIBES.

Of the Koryakes we are told: “Before they were subjected by the Russians, they had neither government nor magistrates; only the rich exercised some authority over the poor.” Their greatest pleasure consists in looking at their herds. The poor are employed in tending the herds of the rich for food and clothing; if they have themselves some reindeer, they are allowed to join them to their master’s herds and tend them together with the latter38.