177^. THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 4.59 



schatka.* In the afternoon, Mr. Ismyloffi after 

 dining with Captain Clerke, left us with all his re- 

 tinue, promising to return in a few days. Accord- 

 ingly, on the 19th, he made us another visit, and 

 brought with him the charts before mentioned, 

 which he allowed me to copy ; and the contents of 

 which furnish matter for the following observations. 

 There were two of them, both manuscripts, and bear- 

 ing every mark of authenticity. The first compre- 

 hended the Penshinskian Sea ; the coast of Tartary, as 

 low as the latitude of 41 ; the Kuril Islands ; and the 

 peninsula of Kamtschatka. Since this map had been 

 made, Wawseelee Irkechoff, Captain of the fleet, 

 explored, in 1758, the coast of Tartary from Okotsk, 

 and the river Amur, to Japan, or 41 of latitude. 

 Mr. Ismyloff also informed us, that great part of the 

 sea-coast of the peninsula of Kamtschatka had been 

 had been corrected by himself ; and described the 

 instrument he made use ofi which must have been a 

 theodolite. He also informed us, that there were 

 only two harbours fit for shipping on all the east 

 coast of Kamtschatka, viz. the bay of Awatska and the 

 river Olutora, in the bottom of the the gulf of the 

 same name ; that there was not a single harbour 

 upon its west coast ; and that Yamsk was the only 

 one on all the west side of the Penshinskian Sea, ex- 

 cept Okotsk, till we come to the river Amur. The 

 Kurile islands afford only one harbour ; and that is 

 on the north-east side of Mareekan, in the latitude of 

 47^ ; where, as I have before observed, the Russians 

 have a settlement. 



The second chart was to me the most interesting, 

 for it comprehended all the discoveries made by the 

 Russians to the eastward of Kamtschatka, toward 

 America, which, if we exclude the voyage of Beer- 

 ing and TscherikoiiJ will amount to little or nothing. 

 The part of the American coast with which the latter 

 fell in is marked in this chart, between the latitude of 

 58 and 58h, and 75 of longitude from Okotsk, or 



English translation, p. 83, 84. 



