greatly from hunger, having no fuftenance but fmall
ftiell-filh, which they occaiionally found means to coll
e t upon the beach. Compelled -at length by extreme
want, they one night ventured to draw their baidar into
the Tea, and were fortunate enough to get off unperceived.
"Their Efcape They continued rowing at night, but ‘in the day they
hid themfelves on the ffmre ; by this means they efcaped
^ ^ ^ ' unobferved from the bay of Makulhinfk, and reached
Trapefnikoff’s veffel the 30th of March, 1764- What
happened to them afterwards in company with the
•crew of this veffel will be mentioned in the fucceeding
■ chapter. Shaffyrin alone of all -the four died of
ficknefs during the voyage ; but Korelin, Kohovm, axuk
-Bragin* returned fafe to Kamtchatka. The names of
thefe brave men deferve our admiration, for the courage
and perfeverance with which they Supported and over-
came fuch imminent dangers.
* Thefe Ruffians were well known to feveral perfans of credit,, who
have confirmed the authenticity of this relation. Among the reft the
celebrated natural® Mr. Pallas, whofe name is well known in th e 1 _
rary world, faw Bragin at Irkutlk : from him he had a narrativeyof their
adventures and efcape ; which, as he.affured me,.perteffly tallied with
■ the above account, which is drawn from the journal of Korelin.
C h a p . ix.
Voyage of the veffel called the Trinity, under the command
o f Korovin— Sails to the Fox Iflands— Winters at Una-
, lafhka— Puts to fea the fpring following— Phe veffel is
I flranded in a bay of the ifland Umnak, and the crew
attacked by the natives— Many of them killed— Others
: carried off by ficknefs— 1‘hey are reduced to great freights
— Relieved by Glottoff, twelve of the whole company only
■ remaining— Defcription of Umnak and Unalafhka.
T H E fecond veffel which failed from Kamtchatka in voyage of
? Korovin, 1762.
the year 1762, was the Trinity, fitted out by the
trading company of Nikiphor Trapefnikoff, merchant of
Irkutfk, under the command of Ivan Korovin, and
manned with thirty-eight Ruffians and fix Kamtchadals.
September 15, they failed down the Kamtchatka river, Departs from
and flood out to fea the 29th, when they were driven''5'* 7 :,|13
at large for ten days by contrary winds.' At Taft upon
the 8th of October they came in fight of Beering’s and
Copper Ifland,! where they caft anchor before the South'
fide of the former. Here they were refolved to winter
on account of the late feafon of the year. Accordingly
they laid up the veffel- in a fecure harbour, and brought
N all