CONTENTS. XI 



The Ships cross the Strait to the Coast of America. Pro- 

 gress northward. Cape Mulgrave. Appearance of Fields of 

 Ice. Situation of Icy Cape. The Sea blocked up with Ice. 



Sea-horses killed, and used as Provisions. These Animals 



described. Dimensions of one of them. Cape Lisburne. 

 Fruitless Attempts to get through the Ice, at a Distance from 

 the Coast. Observations on the Formation of this Ice. 

 Arrival on the Coast of Asia. Cape North. The Prosecu- 

 tion of the Voyage deferred to the ensuing Year Page 409 



CHAP. X. 



Return from Cape North, along the Coast of Asia. Views of the 

 Country Burney's Island. Cape Serdze Kamen, the north- 

 ern Limit of Beering's Voyage. Pass the East Cape of Asia. 



Description and Situation of it. Observations on Muller. 



The Tschutski. Bay of St. Laurence. Two other Bays, 

 and Habitations of the Natives. Beering's Cape Tschukot- 

 skoi. Beering's Position of this Coast accurate. Island of 

 Saint Laurence. Pass to the American Coast. Cape Darby. 



Bald Head. Cape Denbigh, on a Peninsula. Besborough 

 Island. Wood and Water procured. Visits from the Natives. 



Their Persons and Habitations. Produce of the Country. 



Marks that the Peninsula had formerly been surrounded by 

 the Sea. Lieutenant King's Report. Norton Sound. Lunar 

 Observations there. Staehlin's Map proved to be erroneous. 



Plan of future Operations - 427 



CHAP. XI. 



Discoveries after leaving Norton Sound. Stuart's Isjand 



Cape Stephens. Point Shallow-water. Shoals on the Ame- 

 rican Coast. . Clerke's Island. Gore's Island. Pinnacle 

 Island. Arrival at Oonalashka. Intercourse with the Natives 



and Russian Traders Charts of the Russian Discoveries, 



communicated by Mr. Ismyloff. . Their Errors pointed out. 

 Situation of the Islands visited by the Russians. Account of 

 their Settlement at Oonalashka. Of the Natives of the Island. 



Their Persons. Dress. Ornaments. Food. Houses, 

 and domestic Utensils. Manufactures. Manner of pro- 

 ducing Fire. Canoes. Fishing and hunting Implements. 

 Fishes, and Sea Animals. Sea and Water Fowls, and Land 



Birds. Land Animals and Vegetables Manner of burying 



their Dead. Resemblance of the Natives on this Side of 

 America to the Greenlanders and Esquimaux. Tides. Ob- 

 servations for determining the Longitude of Oonalashka 147 



