September. Gf the additional quantity o f fu e l that would be. confumed
i— |— i in heating thick coppers.
Friday,°. In the morning o f the xoth, the boats from both flaps
w e r e fe n t to tow into the harbour a 'Ru ffian ga lliot from
O kotzk. She had been thirty-five days on her pafiage, and
had been feen from the light-houfe a fortnight ago, beating
u p toward the mouth o f the bay. At that time, the crew
had fent their only boat on fhore fo r water, o f w h ich they
n ow began to b e in great w an t; and the w in d frefhenipg,
the boat was loll on its return ; and the galliot, being driven
out to fea again, had fuffered exceedingly.
T he re were fifty foldiers in her, w ith their wives and
children; and feveral other' paffengers, befides the crew,
w h ich confifted o f twenty-five; fo that they had upward
o f an hundred fouls on board. A great number fo r a veflel
o f e ighty tons ; and that was alfb heavy laden w ith ftores
and provifions. Both this galliot, and the iloop we faw here
in May, are built lik e the Dutch doggers. Soon after ihe
had come to anchor, we received a vifit from a Put-parouchicb,
or Sub-lieutenant, who was a paffenger in the galliot, and
fent to take the command o f this place. Part o f the foldiers,
w e underitood, were alfo defigned to reinforce the
garrifon ; and two pieces o f final!- cannon were landed, as
an additional defence to the town. It fhould feem, from
thefe circumftances, that our vifit here had drawn the attention
o f the Ruffian Commanders in Siberia to the defencelefs
fituation o f the place ; and 1 was told by the honeft Serjeant,
w ith many fignificant fhrugs, that, as we had found our
w a y into it, other nations migh t do the fame, fome o f
w hom might not be altogether fo welcome.
Next
Nest morning the Refolution hauled o ff from the fhore, Se^ ^ er
h a vin g repaired the damages ihe had fuftained by the i c e ; Saturda“ n"
and, in the courfe o f the day, w e got from the galliot a fmall
quantity o f pitch, tar, cordage, and twine ; canvafs was the
only thing, we aiked for, w ith w h ich their fcanty ftore didnot
put it into their power to fupply us. We alfo received from
her an hundred and forty ikins o f flour, amounting to 13,782
pounds Kngliili, after d e d u c in g five pounds for the. weigh t
o f each bag.
We had a conftant courfe o f dry weather till this day»
when there came on a heavy rain, accompanied with ftrong
fqualls o f wind, which, obliged us to ftrike our yards and
topmafts.
The 12th, being Sunday, was kept as a day o f reft ; but Sunday it.
the weather unfortunately continuing foul, our men could
not derive the advantage from it we wiihed, b y gathering
the berries that g rew in great quantities and varieties pn the
co a ft; and tak in g other paftime on ihore. T he fame day,
Enfign Synd left us to return to Bolcheretik with the remainder
o f the foldiers that came in the galliot. He had
been our conftant gueft during his flay. Indeed, we could
not but confider him, on his father’s account, as, in fome
meafure, belonging to us, and entitled, as one o f the fam ily
o f difcoverers, to a fhare in our afFections.
We had hitherto admitted the Serjeant to our tables; in
confideration o f his being Commander o f the p la c e ; and,
moreover, becaufe he was a quick, fenflble man, and comprehended
better than any other the few Ruffian words we
had learned. Enfign Synd had very politely fuffered him
to enjoy the fame privileges during his fla y ; but, on the
arrival o f the new Commander from Okotzk , the Serjeant*
for