parts o f Siberia, which -were afterwards made ufe o f in
the compilation of the general map of Ruffia, publifhed
.by the academy in 1776+. By thefe means the country
of the Tfchutflti has been laid down with a greater degree
of accuracy than heretofore. Thefe are probably
the late accounts from thofe parts which the anonymous
author alludes to.
major Pauloffsky againft the Tfchutfki; and his march into that country
is traced, upon;it, The, firft expedition o f that Ruffian officer, in which
he penetrated as, far as Tfchukotfkoi-Nofs, is.related, by Mr. Mullet,
'S. H. G. III. p. 134— 138. W e have no account o f this fecond expedition,
during which he had feyeral ikirmiihes. with the Tfchutfki, and
came, o ff victorious; hut upon his return was: furprifed and killed by
them. This;exp£djtiQn was^made.about.the year 1750»
-j* This detail I procured during my continuance at Peterlburg from
feveral perfons of‘credit, who had frequently converfed with Plcnifner
fince his return to the capital, where he died in the latter end of the
year 1778,
N° vm.
Lift of the new-difcovered IJlands, procured from an
Aleutian chief— Catalogue of (/lands called by different
names in the Account of the Ruffian Difcoveries.
r T ' ' H E fubfequent lift of the new-difeovered illands
was procured from an Aleutian chief brought to
Petersburg in 17 7 1 , and examined at the delire of theEm-
prefs by Mr. Muller, who divides them into four principal
groups. He regulates this divilion partly by a limilarity
_ . . _ . ' four Groups.
o f the language fpoken by the inhabitants, and partly by
vicinity of lituation.
The firft group %. called by the blander Safignan, Firft Group,
b r ° ’ called Saligcomprehends,
1. Beering’s llland. 2. Copper llland. nan-
3. Otma. 4. Samya, orShemiya. 5. Anakta.
The fecond group is called Khao, and comprifes eight K.iiao, ,h=
iflands : 1. Immak. 2. Kilka. 3. Tchetchina. 4. Ava.fcC°"iG ?
5. Kavia. 6. Tfchagulak. 7. Ulagama. 8. Amtf-
chidga.
* Thefe two firft groups probably belong to the Aleutian Iftes. .
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