CHAPTER XLVI.

_THE GILYAKS._

The Gilyaks perfect heathens.--Their habitat, number, and form.--Diseases, generation, and character.--Habitations.--Living on fish.--Winter and summer clothing.--Methods of fishing.--Dirty habits.--Domestic animals.--Boats.--Marriage customs.--Price of a wife.--Foreign relations.--Fair at Pul.--Manchu merchants.--Conversation with Gilyaks.--Gilyak and Goldi languages.--Education.--Superstitions.--Idols and charms.--Method of bear catching and killing.--Alleged worship of the bear.--Shaman rites.--Gilyak treatment of the dead.--Romanist mission to the Gilyaks.--Martyrdom of the missionary 593