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to the southward along the coast, passed two bays, 

 each about two leagues deep. The northernmost lies 

 before a hill, which is remarkable by being rounder 

 than any other upon the coast. And there is an 

 island lying before the other. It may be doubted, 

 whether there be a sufficient depth for ships in either 

 of these bays, as we always met with shoal water, 

 when we edged in for the shore. The country here 

 is exceedingly hilly and naked. In several places on 

 the low ground, next the sea, were the dwellings of 

 the natives ; and near all of them were erected stages 

 of bones, such as before described. These maybe 

 seen at a great distance, on account of their white- 

 ness. 



At noon the latitude was 6h 3S\ and the longitude 

 188 15'; the southernmost point of the main in sight 

 bore south 48 W ; and the nearest shore about three 

 or four leagues distant. By this time, the wind had 

 veered again to the north, and blew a gentle breeze. 

 The weather was clear, and the air cold. I did not 

 follow the direction of the coast, as I found that it 

 took a westerly direction toward the Gulf of Anadir, 

 into which I had no inducement to go, but steered to 

 the southward, in order to get a sight of the Island of St. 

 Laurence, discovered by Beering; which accordingly 

 showed itself, and at eight o'clock in the evening, it 

 bore south 20 E. ; by estimation, eleven leagues dis- 

 tant. At the same time, the southernmost point of 

 the main land bore south 83 W., distant twelve 

 leagues. I take this point to be the point which 

 Beering calls the east point of Suchotski, or Cape 

 Tschnkotskoi ; a name which he gave it, and with 

 propriety, because it was from this part of the coast 

 that the natives came off to him, who called them- 

 selves of the nation of the Tschutski. I make its 

 latitude to be 64 13', and its longitude 186 36'. 



In justice to the memory of Beering, I must say, 

 that he has delineated the coast very well, and fixed 

 the latitude and longitude of the points better than 



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