C H A P . XIII.
.Conckißm— iGeneral fofiiim undßtuatibn o f the Aleutian
and Fox Iflands— their dißanee from each other*—Further
defcription of the drefs, manners, and cufloms of
the inhabitants— their feafis and ceremonies, & c. .
pofitionof 7 A C C O R D IN G to the lateft Informations brought Beering’s and J 1 0
tCoppcriüands. by and Popoff>s veflels, the North
Weft point of Commandorfkoi ©ftroflf, or Beering’s
Ifland, lies due Baft from the mouth of the Kamtchatka
river, at the diftance of 350 verfts. It is from 70 to
80 verfts long, and ftretches from North Weft to South
Eaft, in the fame direction as Copper Ifland. The latter
is fituated about 60 or 70 verfts from the South Eaft
point of Beering’s Ifland, . and is about 50 verfts in length.
of the am- About 300 verfts Eaft by South of Copper Ifland lie
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the Aleiitian Ifles, of which Attak is the neareft; it is
rather larger than Beering’s Ifland, o f the fame
fhape, and ftretches from Weft to South Eaft. From
thence about 20 verfts Eaftwards is fituated Semitftii,
extending from Weft to Eaft, and near its Eaftern point
another fmall ifland. To the South of the ftrait, which
feparates the two latter iflands, and at the diftance of
40
40 verfts from both of them, lies Shemiya in a fimilar
pofitipn, and not above 25 verfts in length. All thefe
iflands ftretch between 54 and 55 degrees of North
latitude.
The Fox Iflands are fituated E. N. E. from the Aleti- jff „‘ifFox
tians •: the neareft of thefe, Atchak, is about 800 verfts
diftant; it lies in about 5 6 degrees North latitude, and extends
from W. S. W. towards E. N. E. It greatly re-
fembles Copper Ifland, and is provided with a commodious
harbour on the Notrh. From thence all the
•other iflands .of this chain ftretch in a direction towards
N. E. by Eaft.
The next to Atchak is Amlak, about 15 verfts diftant;
it is nearly of the fame fize ; and has an harbour
on its South fide. Next follows Sagaugamak, at about
the fame diftance, but fomewhat fmaller; from that it
is 50 verfts to Amuchta, a fmall rocky ifland ; and the
fame diftance from the latter to Yunakfan, another fmall
ifland. About 20 verfts from Yunakfan there is a clufter
of five fmall iflands, o r , rather mountains, Kigalgift,
Kagamila, Tfigulak, Ulaga, and Tana-Unok, and which
are therefore called by the Ruffians Pat Sopki, or the
Five Mountains. O f thefe Tana-Unok lies moft to the
N. E. towards which the Weftern point of Umnak advances
within the diftance of 20 verfts.
Umnak