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»77«- The canoes of thefc people are of the fame fort with 



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u- n^-— > thofe of the Northern Americans ; fome, both of the large 

 and of the fmall ones, being feen lying in a creek under the 

 village. 



By the large fifh-bones, and of other fea-animals, it ap- 

 peared that the fea fupplied them with the greateft part of 

 their fubfiftence. The country appeared to be exceedingly 

 barren ; yielding neither tree nor flirub, that we could fee. 

 At fome diftance Weftward, we obferved a ridge of moun- 

 tains covered with fnow, that had lately fallen. 



At firft, we fuppofed this land to be a part of the ifland of 

 Alafchka, laid down in Mr. Staihlin's map, before mention- 

 ed. But from the figure of the coaft, the fituation of the 

 oppofite Ihore of America, and from the longitude, we foon 

 began to think that it was, more probably, the country of 

 the Tfchutflci, or the Eaflern extremity of Afia, explored 

 by Beering in 1728. But to have admitted this, without 

 farther examination, I muft have pronounced Mr. Stcrhlin's 

 map, and his account of the new Northern Archipelago, to- 

 be either exceedingly erroneous, even in latitude, or elfe to 

 be a mere fidion ; a judgment which I had no right to pafs 

 upon a publication fo refpecftably vouched, without produ- 

 cing the clearcll proofs. 



After a ftay of between two and three hours, with thefe 

 people, "wc returned to our fliips ; and, foon after, the wind 

 veering to the South, we weighed anchor, flood out of the 

 bay, and lleercd to the North Eaft, between the coall and the 

 TuefJayii. two iflauds. Thc next day, at noon, the former extended 

 from South 80° Weft, to North 84° Wefl: ; the latter bore 

 South 40° Weil: ; and thc peaked mountain, over Cape Prince 

 of Wales, bore South 3G' Eall j with land extending from it 



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