The provinco of Okhotsk extends along the sea of that name, from the innermost corner of the Bay of Penshinsk to 5V N. lat., compre hending the lower coast and the mountains at the back of IL There I, is no cultivation here. The capital is Okhotsk. [Oenorsx.] At the most northern recess of the Bay of Ishiginsk, one of the great inlets of the Sea of Okhotsk, is the small town of lalteginah, with 500 inhabitants, who live chiefly on the produce of their fishery, but have also some commerce.
The province of Kamrensros is separately noticed.
Meaufecteres.—Siberia does not possess many manufacturing esta blishments. It has some tanneries, iron-foundries, glass-works, and , manufacture. of coarse woollen-stuffs and linen. An article of export is made at Ekaterinburg by the jewellers and cutter' of precious stones. During nine months in the year the dress of the poor, as ii well as of the rich, consists of furs or sheep-a/tins, or the hides of the reindeer prepared in a peculiar way ; and in the manufacture of these object. the nomadic nations, especially the Samoyeds. and Ostiaks, exoeL Though the ocean washes the northern and eastern sides of Siberia, this country has no maritime commerce. The ice of the Polar Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk prevents the free navigation of these waters. and the mountainous country which lines the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, affords nothlog that could be brought into com merce except the fors of some wild animals. But Siberia carries on an extensive commerce with Russia, Boklutra, Taahkend, and Chitin. The most important is the trade with Russia. The transport of the goods is effected by a road which leads from Penn in Maisie to Ekaterinburg and Tobabk. West of Ekaterinburg it crosses the Ural Mountains by a mountain pass, the highest part of which, near Eilimbayewsk, is 1693 feet above the sea liy this road the produce of the rich mines of Siberia Is brought to Europe, as well as s great quantity of furs, and some leather and skins, which are chiefly col lected among the nomadic tribe. of the northern districts. The commerce which is carried on at Kiachta with the Chinese bas been noticed under Kiactrra. The goods from Irkutsk to Kiachta, and from Kiachta to Irkutsk, are conveyed, from May to November, by large vessels which navigate the Lake of Baikal and the river &lenge, and in November and December by carts on a road which passes over the high mountain ranges that inclose the western portion of the lake called the Kaltnk, and in winter by sledges on the Ice of the lake Itself. The greater part of the Chinese goods is afterwards
sent to Western Siberia and to Europe at a comparatively small expense, nearly the whole transit being by water. The inhabitant. of Siberia have also some commerce with Kuldaha, the capital of the Chinese government of Ili, or of Songaria, through the agency of the Khirghis Ceara., who inhabit the country contiguous to the Chinese boundary. A regular commercial intereourso has been established between Siberia end the khanst of Khokan, by means of caravans passing through the steppes of the Khirghis Cossaka. These cars 1 vans are not composed of Siberian., but of Bokhariane, Armenians, and Siberian Tartars. These Tartars can proceed with their goods to the town of Kasbgar in Chinese Turkistan, from which place the Russians are excluded by the Chinese government, but the Siberian Tartars are admitted. The principal articles brought to Siberia aro derived from the Khirghis Cossaks, and consist of cattle and horses, of which latter the consumption in the mining district is very great, and of felts made of the hair of camels and cattle, and of coarse carpet. made of wool The articles exported from Siberia by this way are chiefly corn for the consumption of the Khirghis C,osaaka, and for the commerce with Khokan. Russian leather, otter-skins and esstakine, woollen-cloth, looking-glues, razors and some cutlery, combs of European manufacture, and particularly largo quantities of Iron and copper from the Ural mines. The commerce which is carri&I on between the town of Troisk, on the river OoT, in the department of Orenburg, and the town of Bokhars, is of a similar description. The caravans, which are composed of Baklutrians and Armenians settled at Bokhara, traverse the steppe of the Little Orda of the Khirghis Cossaks. Besides the articles brought from Khokan, the Bokbarians import large quantities of raw cotton, and a few shawls of great value.