A beautiful Bird defcribed.— Kodiak and the Schumagin IJlands-,—-
A Ruffian Letter brought on board by a Native,— Conjedlures about
Rock Point.,'—Halibut I/land..—A Volcano Mountain.— Providential
Rfcape.— Arrival of the Ships at Oonalafhka.— Intercourfe-
with the Natives ther6. —~Another Ruffian Letter,— Samganoodha
Harbour defcribed. 403
c h a p . vi rr.
Progrefs Northward, afterlimw^Oomlqfhka The Iflands Oonella
and Acootan,— Ooneemak,— Shallownefs o f the Water along the
Eociff,—Brijl’ol Bay,— Round Ifland,— Calm Point,— Cape Newen-
ham,—Lieutenant Williamfon landsy and his Report,— BriffoTBayt
and its Extent,— The Ships obliged to return, on account o f Shoals.
Natives come off to the Ships.—Heath of Mr. Anderfon; his
Char abler, and. Ifland named1 after him.— Point Rodney,— Sledge ■
Iffand'9 and Remarks on landing there.— Kingffs Ifland. — Cape/
Prince o f Wales, the W fe rn Extreme o f America.— Courfe Weffr
ward.—Anchor in a Bay on the Coaffof Affa... 4.26'
€' H A P. IX;
"Behaviour o f the Natives, the Tfchutjki, on feeing the Ships.— Interview
with fime o f them— Their Weapons.— Perfons— Ornaments.
— Clothing.— Winter and Summer Habitations.— The Ships crofs-
the Strait, to the Coqfi of America.— Progrefs Northward.— Cape-
Mulgrave. Appearance o f Fields o f Ice.-Situation i f Icy Cape.
- T h e Sea blocked up with Ice.-Sea-horfes Filled, and ufed as,
Provifions. Thefe Animals defer Wed.—Dimenfons o f one of them,
— Cape■ Lifburne. Fruitkfs Attempts to. get through the Ice, at-
a Difiance from the Coa/l.—Gbfervationson the Formation o f this■
h e .-A r r iv a l on the Coqft o f Afia.— Cape Nortb.-The Profecutim
o f the Voyage deferred to the enfuing Year,
C H A P . X.
Return from Cape North, along the Coajl o f Afia.— Views o f the
Country.— Burnefs I/land.— Cape Serdze Kamen, the Northern
Limit of Beering’s Voyage.-Pafs the Eajl Cape of Afia.— De-
fcription and Situation of it.—Obfelevations on Muller.— TheTfchut-
Jki.— Bay of Saint Laurence.— Two other Bays, and Habitations
o f the Natives.— Beering's Cape Tfchukofjkoi.— Beering's Pofition
o f this Coajl accurate.— Iftand o f Saint Laurence.— Pafs to the
American Coajt.— Cape Darby.— Bald Head.— Cape Denbigh, on a
Peninfula.— Bejborough Ifland.— Wood and Water procured.— Vifits
from the Natives.— Their Perfons and Habitations.— Produce of
the Country.— Marks that the Peninfula had formerly been fur-
rounded by the Sea.— Lieutenant King’s Report.— Norton Sound,—
Lunar Obfervations there.— St Minis Map proved to be erroneous.
— Plan of future Operations. 467-
C H A P. XI;
Difcoveries after leaving Norton Sound.— Stuart's Ifland.— Cape Ste“
ghens Point Shallow-water.— Shoals on the American Coafi.—
Clerke's Ifland.— Gore's Ifland.— Pinnacle Ifland.— Arrival at-‘
Oonalafhka.— Intercourfe with the Natives- and Ruffian Traders..
Charts of the Ruffian Difcoveries, communicated by Mr. Ifmyloff.
Their Errors pointed out.— Situation o f the IJlands vifited by the
Ruffians.— Account of their Settlement at Oonalafhka.— O f the Natives
o f the-Ifland.— Their Perfons— Drefs.— Ornaments.— Food—
Houfes, and domefiic Utenfils.—Manufactures.— Manner of producing.
F ir e— Canoes.—Piffling and hunting Implements.— Piffles,
and,Sea Animals— Sea and Water- Fowls, and. Land Birds— Land
Animals and Vegetables.— Manner o f burying the Dead.-Refem-
llance of the Natives on this Side of America to the Greenlanders-
and Efquimaux.— Tides— Obfervations for determining the longitude
of Oonalafhka, 4^
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