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lashka, where we got the wind at S. With this we 

 stretched to the westward, till seven o'clock the next 

 morning, when we wore, and stood to the E. The 

 wind, by this time, had increased in such a manner 

 as to reduce us to our three courses. It blew in very 

 heavy squalls attended with rain, hail, and snow. 



At nine o'clock in the morning of the 28th, the 

 island of Oonalashka bore S. E., four leagues distant. 

 We then wore and stood to the westward. The 

 strength of the gale was now over, and toward even- 

 ing, the little wind that blew insensibly veered round 

 to the E., where it continued but a short time before 

 it got to N. E,, and increased to a very hard gale 

 with rain. I steered first to the southward, and as 

 the wind inclined to the N. and N. W., I steered 

 more westerly. 



On the 29th, at half past six in the morning, we saw 

 land extending from E. by S. to S. by W., supposed 

 to be the island Amoghta. At eight, finding that 

 we could not weather the island, as the wind had now 

 veered to the westward, I gave over plying, and 

 bore away for Oonalashka, with a view of going to 

 the northward and eastward of that island, not daring 

 to attempt a passage to the S.E. of it, in so hard a 

 gale of wind. At the time we bore away, the land 

 extended from E. by S. S. to S. S. W., four leagues 

 distant. The longitude by the time-keeper was 

 191 17', and the latitude 53 38'. This will give 

 a very different situation to this island from that as- 

 signed to it upon the Russian map. But it must be 

 remembered, that this is one of the islands which 

 Mr. Ismyloff said was wrong placed. Indeed it is a 

 doubt if this be Amoghta *; for after Ismyloff had 

 made the correction, no land appeared upon the map 



* On the chart of Krenitzen's and Levasheff's voyage, in 1768 

 and 1769, which we find in Mr. Coxe's book, p. 251., an island 

 call Amuckta, is laid down, not very far from the place assigned to 

 Amoghta by Captain Cook. 



