his intention was to furprife the watch at a convenient
feafon, and afterwards' to fet fire to the Ihip. As they
faw feveral iflanders row paft the harbour at the fame
time, and the Toigon likewife informed them, that they
were affembiing to execute the abovementioned defign;
Solovioff refolved to be much upon his guard. They
feparated, however, without attempting any hoftilities.
June 5, GlottofF arrived at the harbour on a vifit, and
returned on the 8th to his fhip. The captive Toigon
was now fet at liberty, after being ferioufly exhorted to
defift from hoftilities. In the courfe of this month two
more of the crew died ; fo that the arrival of Korovin,
who joined them about this time, with two of his own
and two of Kulkoff’s crew, was of courfe a very agreeable
circumftance. The fick likewife began to recover
by degrees.
July a 2, Solovioff, with a party of his people, in two
baidars, made another excurfion Northwards; he paffed
by the places formerly mentioned as far as Igonok,
which lies ten verfts beyond Totzikala. Igonok confifts
of one dwelling cave on the fide of a rivulet, which falls
from the mountains, and empties itfelf into the fea. The
inhabitants amounted to about thirty men, who dwelt
there with their wives and children. From thence
Solovioff proceeded along the fhore into a bay; five verfts
■ further
further he found another rivulet, which has its fource
among the hills and flows through a plain.
Upon the fhore of the fame bay, oppofite to the
mouth of this rivulet, lay two villages, one of which
only was inhabited | it was called Ukunadok, and, con-
fifted of fix dwelling caves. About thirty-five of the
inhabitants were at that time employed in catching fal-
mon in the rivulet. Kulkoff’s fhip had lain at anchor
about two miles from thence ; but there were no remains
of her to be found. After coming out of the bay
he went forwards to the fummer village Umgaina diftant
about feven or eight leagues, and fituated on the fide
of a rivulet, which takes its rife in a lake abounding with
falmon.. Here he found the Toigon, Amaganak, with
about ten of the natives, employed in filhing. Fifteen
verfts farther along the fliore they found another fummer
village called Kalaktak, where there was likewife
another rivulet, which came from the hills. The inhabitants
were fixty men. and am hundred and feventy
women and children :: they gave Solovioff. a very friendly
reception ; and delivered up two hoftages, who were
brought from the neighbouring ifland A k u ta n w ith
thefe he fet out on. his return,, and,on the 6th of Auguft
joined his. crew,
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