tants was not underftood by an interpreter, whom they
had brought with them from Kamtchatka. For the
purpofe therefore of learning this language, they carried
back with them one of the Iflanders; and prefented
him to the chancery of Boicheretlk, with a falfe account
of their proceedings. This iflander was examined as
foon as he had/acquired'a flight knowledge of the Ruffian
language ; and: as- it is: faid, gave the following report.
He was called Temnac, and Att was the name of
the ifland of which he was a native. At fome diftance
from thence liés' a great ifland called Sabya, of 'which
the inhabitants are denominated Rogii : thefe inhabitants,
as; the Ruffians underftood or thought they underftood
h-im, made croffés, had hooks and fire-arms, and
navigated in baidars or leathern canoes. At no great
diftance from the ifland'where they Wintered, there were
twö Weil-inhabited iflands : the' fi'rft lying E. SVE. ' and
S. E. by South, thé fécond Èaft and' Eaft by South. The
above-mentioned Iflander Was baptifed under thé name
of Paul, and fent to Ochotfk.
As the mifcondudt o f the fhip’s ctew towards thé hâtives
was fufpefted, partly from thel'ofs o fTe veraf mén,'
and partly from the report of thofe Ruffians, who were
not concerned in the diforderly condüét of their companions,
a ftridt examination took place ; by which the
following circumftances relating to the voyage were
brought to light.
According
According to the account of fome of the crew, and
particularly of the commander, after fix days failing they
came in fight of the firft ifland on the 34th of September,
at mid-day. They failed by, and towards evening
they difcovered the fecund ifland ; where they lay at anchor
until the next morning.
The 35th feveral inhabitants appeared on the coaft,
and the pilot was making towards fhore in the fmall
boat, with an intention o f landing ; but obferving their
numbers increafe to about an hundred, he was afraid of
venturing among them, although they beckoned to him.
He contented himfelf therefore with flinging fome
needlesi amongft them: the iflanders in return threw
into the boat fome fea-fowl of the cormorant kind. He
endeavoured to .hold a converfation with them by means
of the interpreters, but no one could underftand their
language. .And now the crew endeavoured to row the
veflel out to fea; hut the wind being contrary, they
were driven to the other fide of the, fame ifland, where
they. caft anchor., .
The a6th, Tfiuproff having landed with fome of the
crew in order to look for wafer, met feyeral inhabitants
he gave them fome tobacco and fmall Chinefe pipes ; and
received in return a prefent of a flick, upon which the
head, of a feal was carved. They endeavoured to wreft his
h 4 hunting
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