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CHAP. XI. 



DISCOVERIES AFTER LEAVING NORTON SOUND. STUARt's 



ISLAND. CAPE STEPHENS. POINT SHALLOW- WATER. 



SHOALS ON THE AMERICAN COAST. CLERKE's ISLAND. 



GORE'S ISLAND. PINNACLE ISLAND. ARRIVAL AT 



OONALASHKA. INTERCOURSE WITH THE NATIVES AND 



RUSSIAN TRADERS. CHARTS OF THE RUSSIAN DISCOVE- 

 RIES, COMMUNICATED BY MR. ISMYLOFF. THEIR ERRORS 



POINTED OUT. SITUATION OF THE ISLANDS VISITED BY THE 



RUSSIANS. ACCOUNT OF THEIR SETTLEMENT AT OONA- 

 LASHKA. OF THE NATIVES OF THE ISLAND. THEIR 



PERSONS. DRESS. ORNAMENTS. FOOD. HOUSES, 



AND DOMESTIC UTENSILS. MANUFACTURES. MANNER 



OF PRODUCING 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 AME- 

 RICA TO THE GREENLANDERS AND ESQUIMAUX TIDES. 



OBSERVATIONS FOR DETERMINING THE LONGITUDE OF 



OONALASHKA. 



.HavIxNtg weighed, on the 17th, in the morning, with 

 a light breeze at east, we steered to the southward, 

 and attempted to pass within Besborough Island ; but 

 though it lies six or seven miles from the continent, 

 were prevented by meeting with shoal water. As 

 we had but little wind all the day, it was dark before 

 we passed the island ; and the night was spent under 

 an easy sail. 



We resumed our course, at day-break on the 18th, 

 along the coast. At noon we had no more than five 

 fathoms' water. At this time the latitude was 63 7'. 

 Besborough Island now bore N. i E. ; the southern- 

 most land in sight, which proved also to be an island, 



