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chart ; and made such corrections amongst the other 

 islands as I was told was necessary. I found there 

 was wanting another correction ; for the difference of 

 longitude, between the Bay of Awatska, and the har- 

 bour of Samganoodha, according to astronomical ob- 

 servations, made at these two places, is greater by 

 five degrees and a half, than it is by the chart. This 

 error I have supposed to be infused throughout the 

 whole, though it may not be so in reality. There 

 was also an error in the latitude of some places ; but 

 this hardly exceeded a quarter of a degree. 



I shall now give some account of the islands ; be- 

 ginning with those that lie nearest to Kamtschatka, 

 and reckoning the longitude from the harbour of 

 Petropaulowska, in the Bay of Awatska. The first is 

 Beering's Island, in 55 of latitude, and 6 of longi- 

 tude. Ten leagues from the south end of this, in 

 the direction of east by south, or east south-east, lies 

 Maidenoi Ostroff, or the Copper Island. The next 

 island is, Atakou, laid down in G% 45' of latitude, and 

 in 15 or 16 of longitude. This island is about 

 eighteen leagues in extent, in the direction of east 

 and west ; and seems to be the same land which Beer- 

 ins: fell in with, and named Mount St. John. But 

 there are no islands about it, except two inconsider- 

 able ones, lying three or four leagues from the east 

 end, in the direction of east north-east. 



We next come to a group, consisting of six or more 

 islands ; two of which, Atghka and Amluk are toler- 

 ably large ; and in each of them is a good harbour. 

 The middle of this group lies in the latitude of 

 5 C Z 80', and 28 of longitude from Awatska ; and its 

 extent, east and west, is four degrees. These are 

 the isles that Mr. Ismyloff said were to be removed 

 four degrees to the east, which is here done. And in 

 the situation they have in my chart, was a group, 

 consisting of ten small islands, which, I was told, 

 w r ere wholly to be struck out ; and also two islands 

 lying between them and the group to which Oonai- 



