rente until he reached the great promontory of the
Tfchutfki; flo obftrudtions from the ice are mentioned,
and probably there were none ; for he obferves upon
another occafion, that the fea is hot every, year fo free
“ to the Kovyma; and from thence with his crew to the Anadyr, which
“ was then newly difcovered, That the firft time he failed from the
“ Kovyma, he was forced by the ice to return to that river ; but that
“ next year he again failed from thence by fea, and after great danger,,
“ misfortunes, and with the lofs of part of his Ihipping, arrived at laft
“ at the mouth of 'the Anadyr. Stadukin having in vain attempted to
“ go by fea, afterwards ventured to pafs over the chain of mountains
“ then unknown ; and reached by that mean's the Anadyr. Soliverf-
“ toff and his party, who quarrelled with Delhneff, went to. the lame
“ place from the Kovyma by land; and the tribute was. afterwards fent
“ to the laft mentioned river acrofs the mountains, which were very dan-
“ gerous to pafs amidft the tribes of Koriacs and Yukagirs,. who had,
“ been lately reduced by the Ruffians-.”'
In another memorial Delhneff complains bitterly of Soliverftoff-
and afferts, “ that one Severka Martemyauoff, who- had been gained
“ over by Soliverftoff, was fent to Yakutlk, with an account that he
“ (Soliverftoff)! had difcovered the eoafts to the North of the Anadyr,.
“ where large numbers of fea-horfes are found.” Delhneff hereupon fays,
“ that Soliverftoff and Stadukin never reached the rocky promontory,
“ which is in-habited by numerous bodies of the Tfchutlki; oyer againft
“ which are illands whofe inhabitants wear: artificial teeth thruft through
“ their under-lips. This is not the firft promontory from the river Ko-
“■ vyma, called- Svatoi Nofs; but another far more, conliderable, and
“ very-well known to him (Delhneff), becaufe the veffel of Ankunidoff
“ was wrecked there.; and becaufe he had there taken prifoners feme-of
“ the people, who were rowing in their boats ; and Teen the illanders
“ with teeth in their lips. He alfo well knew, that it was; Hill far from
“ that promontory to the river Anadyr.”
from.
from ice as it was at this time. He commences his. narrative
with a defcription of the great promontory: “ It
■“ isj” ,fays he, “ very different from that which is fituated
“ Weft of the Kovyma, near the river Tfchukotfkia. It
-“ lies between North and North Eaft, and bends, in a
“ circular direction, towards the Anadyr. It is diftin-
“ guifhed on the Ruffian (namely, the Weftern) fide, by
“ a rivulet which falls into the fea, clofe to which the
“ Tfchutfki have raifed a pile, like a tower, with the
“ bones of whales. Gppofite the promontory, (it is not
“ faid on which fide), are two iflands, on which he ob-
“ ferved people of the nation of the Tfchutfki, who had
“ pieces of the fea-horfe tooth thruft into holes made in
“ their lips. With a good wind it is poffible to fail from
“ this promontory to the Anadyr in three days g and the
“ journey by land may be performed in the fame fpace
“ of time, becaufe the Anadyr falls into a bay.” An-
kudinoff’s kotche was wrecked on this promontory, and
the crew was diftributed on board the two remaining
veffels. On the 20th of September Delhneff and Fedot
Alexeef went on fhpre,, and had a fkirmifh with the
Tfchutski, in which Alexeef was wounded. The two
veffels foon afterwards loft fight of each other, and never
again rejoined. Delhneff was, driven about by tempef-
tuous winds until October, when he was fhipwrecked
(as it appears from circumftances), confiderably to the
South of the Anadyr, not far from the river Olutora.,
What