>779- five feet eight inches. T he tides were very regular every
• oa°ber' , twelve hours. On the coaft, near the bay, the flood
came from the South, and the time o f high-water was
near two hours fooner than in the harbour o f Saint Peter
and Saint Paul.
C H A P .
C H A P . VI.
G e n e r a l Account o f Kamtfchatka.— Geographical Defer ip-
tion. — Rivers. — Soil. — Climate. — Voleanos. — Hot
Springs.— FroduEtions.—Vigetables.——Animals. Birds.
— Fifh.
KA M T S C H A T K A is the name o f a peninfula fituated
on the Eaftern coaft o f Afia, running nearly North |V-----— »
and South, from 52° to 61° North latitude ; the longitude o f
its Southern extremity b eing 156" 45' Eaft. T h e ifthmus,
w h ich joins it to the continent on the North, lies between
the G u lf o f Olutorik and the G u lf o f Penihinlk. Its
Southern extremity is Cape Lopatka, a word fign ify in g the
blade-bone o f a man, and is fo called from its fuppofed
refemblance to it. T h e fhape o f the whole peninfula is not
u n lik e that o f a Ihoe, widening from the toe (which we
m a y fuppofe to be Cape Lopatka) toward the middle, and
narrowing again toward the heel, the neck o f land above-
mentioned connedting it with the continent. Its greateft
breadth is from the mouth o f the river T ig il to that o f
Kamtfchatka, and is computed to be two hundred and'
thirty-fix miles, from whence it narrows very gradually toward
each extremity.
It is bounded on. the North by the country o f the K o .
r ia ck s ; to the South and Eaft, by the North Pacific Ocean
and to the Weft, b y the fea o f Okotik. A chain- o f h ig h
mountains.ftretch.es the whole length o f the country; from'
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