up in their houfes, which refemble ovens, and exclude the admiflion of freih
p. 217. ajr . immerfed in this nafty atmofphere, which is rendered ftill more dif-
agreeable by the fmell of dried fiih, and other naqfeous exhalations, it is no
wonder that this difeafe rages with fuch violence among them. Their wives,
on the contrary, and the natives who are obliged to be the Haves, are never
affedled with it.
p. 219. The 9th Captain Clerke received a letter from Mr. King* informing him that
they fliould not be able to reach the end of their journey till that night, on
account of the tedioufnefs of travelling, which was fometimes by water, in
flat-bottomed boats, forced on by two men with poles; and as to their fledges,
they could only be ufed in the night, as the thaw rendered it impoflible to
travel in the day.
p. 220. The 13th the weather was fine and clear, the thermometer varying from 31
to 50 degrees. Many fliooting parties were out, who obferved the tracks of
hears in the fnow, and met with many foxes, which were all of the red kind s
they likewiie faw two white hares, but they were ihy.
The next day a party went out to haul the Seine, and brought on board near
fifty trout, and upwards of three hundred flat-filh: the former were very
poor and indifferent, but the latter were in full feafon, and were a remarkable
p. 221. being ftudded as it were in every part with fmall prickly knobs, the fins
and tails ftriped with black and brown.
p. 222. a Party was ^ent t0 vegetables for the ftijp’s company. What
they gathered confifted chiefly of wild garlick and nettle-tops, which, when
boiled with wheat, proved a moft excellent and falutary breakfaft.
This day Captain Clerke received another letter from Mr. King, informing,
him of the very great civilities tliey had experienced from th© Major, who pro-
mifed to return with them in a day or two. That feveral head of cattle were
ordered down to the lhips; and that they were to be fupplied: with a large
quantity of flour, for which he woul4 take nqthing but a receipt, faying, he
was,
was1 cèrtaïrt the Emprefs would be happy to accommodate any of his Britannic
Majefty’s ihips With whatever it was in her power to give.
The 19th the ice, which furrounded the Oftrog, floated out of the bay with f. 223.
the ebb tide; and the next day was fine and pleafant, the weather warm, and a
general thaw. The latitude, by an obfervation taken this day, with a variety
of quadrants, was 58° 52’ N.
About nine o'clock, on the i2d. Major Behm, attended by the prieft, thé P- 224.
merchant, and fome others, having accompanied Captain Gore and Mr King
on their return, came on board the Refolution. He was received by all the „ aae
marines under arms, and fainted with thirteen guns. He appeared to be about
fix feet high, rather corpulent, and was very polite and affable in his addrefs.
The next day he dined on board the DiféOvéry, where he was received with . , , 6
the fame ceremony. The two following days he dined on board the Refolution
At his departure, he was very defirous of making a pecuniary prefent to the p aa7
ihip’s company, which the Captain would by no means permit. Both the
Captains made him prefents of rum, wine, fait beef and pork, and a variety
of curiofites, which he propofed giving to the Emprefs upon his return
to Peterfburg.
The 26th the Major fet Off for Bolfchaia-Reeka, attended by Mr King and
Mr. Webber, who were to accompany him part of the way. And as he pro
pofed returning to Peterlburg in about a month, Captain Clerke thought it a
very convenient opportunity of forwarding by him difpatches to the Admiralty.
May the 29th they caught with the feine fome very fine fmelts, and on the a 1 ft
took a wolf-fiih. The country now began to affume its proper hue, and the
wild celery and ftraUne fprouted. up very faft. Among other birds they could
plainly diftingmlh the cnckow, the nightingale, and the wood-lark.
H B B R l havi” S received th6 cattIe’ flour, &c. from Bolfchaia-
Reeka, and laid in fuch neceffanes as they could procure, both Ihips prepared
to unmoor; but from various delays, ocoafioned by the Ihifting of the wind
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p. 228.
p. 232.