time, made no oppofition to his landing ; on the contrary,
they received him with kindnefs, and permitted
him to hunt : they even delivered hoftageSV and entered
into a friendly traffic, exchanging furs for beads. They
were alfo prevailed upon to ; reftore feveral mufkets
and other things, taken from the Ruffians who had
been maflacrecL,
A fhort time before his departure, the inhabitants
again ffiewed their hoftile intentions ; for three of them
came up to the Ruffian centinel, and fuddenly fell upon
him with their knives. The centinel however difen-
gaging; himfelf, and retreating into the hut, they rail
away, The Toigons of the village protefted ignorance
of this treachery; and the offenders were foon afterwards
difcovered and puniffied. Korovin, as he was
returning to Glottoff, was forced to engage with the
iilanders upon Unalafhka, .and alfo upon Umnak, where
they... endeavoured to prevent him from landing. Before
the end of the year a ftorm drove the baidar upon
the beach of the latter ifland; and the tcmpeftuous
weather fetting in, they were detained there until the
6th of April,. 1765. During this time they were reduced,
from a fcarcity of provifion, to live chiefly upon
fea-wrack and fmall ffiell fifh. On the 2 ad they returned
to Glottoff ; and as they had been unfuccefsful
in hunting, their cargo o f furs was very inconfiderable.
Three days after his arrival, ’Korovin quitted Glottoff,
and went over with five other Ruffians to Solovieff, with
whom
whom he returned the following year to Kamtchatka.-
The fix Kamtchadals of Korovin’s party joined Glottoff.
According to Korovin’s account, the iflands Umnak Korovin’s pe. O *Y . ...f v :? lpription or
and Unalafhka are fituated not much more Northwards Lw”fliu.d
than the mouth of the Kamtchatka river; and, according
to the ffiip’s reckoning, about the diftance of 1700
verfts Eaftwards from the fame place. The circumference
of Umnak is about two hundred and fifty verfts ;
Unalafhka is much larger. Both thefe iflands are wholly
deftitute of trees ; drift-wood is brought afhore in large
quantities. There were five lakes upon the Northern <
coaft of Unalafhka, and but one upon Umnak, of which
none were more than ten verfts in circumference. Thefe •
lakes give rife to feveral fmall rivulets, which flow only
a few verfts before they empty themfefvesinto the fea
the fifh enter the rivulets in the middle of April,
they afcend the lakes in July, and continue there until
Auguft. Sea-otters and other fea-animals refort but
feldom to thefe iflands ; but there is great abundance o f
red and black foxes. North Eaftwards from Unalafhka
two iflands appeared in fight, at the diftance of five or-
ten verfts; but Korovin did not touch at them.
The inhabitants of thefe iflands row in their fmall a«™« of- the Inhabl- -
baidars from one ifland to the other. They are fo t,lnts-
numerous, and their manner of life fo unfettled, that
their number - cannot exactly be determined. Their
1 . dwelling.