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much more importance ; but it does not differ so ma- 

 terially from the accounts of it that have been pub- 

 lished, as to create disappointment on visiting the 

 place, and it appeared to me that nothing is promised 

 in those accounts which the place itself does not 

 afford. 



It was with much pleasure we noticed in the gover- 

 nor's garden the monument of our departed country- 

 man Captain Gierke, which for better preservation had 

 been removed from its former position by the late go- 

 vernor. It was on one side of a broad gravel walk, at 

 the end of an avenue of trees. On the other side of 

 the walk, there was a monument to the memory of 

 the celebrated Beering, The former, it may be recol- 

 lected, was erected by the officers of Captain Krusen- 

 stern's ship ; and the latter had been purposely sent 

 from St. Petersburgh. This mark of respect from the 

 Russians toward our departed countryman calls forth 

 our w^armest gratitude, and must strengthen the good 

 understanding which exists and is daily increasing 

 between the officers of their service and our own. 

 The monument will ever be regarded as one of the 

 greatest interest, as it marks the places of interment 

 of the companions of the celebrated Cook and Beer- 

 ing, and records the generosity of the much-lamented 

 Perouse, who placed a copper plate over the grave of 

 our departed countryman Captain Clerke ; and of the 

 celebrated Admiral Krusenstern, who erected the mo- 

 nument, and affixed a tablet upon it to the memory 

 of the Abb6 de la Croyere. Such eminent names, 

 thus combined, create a regret that the materials on 

 which they are engraved are not as imperishable as the 

 memory of the men themselves. 



Since Admiral Krusenstern visited Kamschatka, 



