4^8 A V O Y A G E T O 



C H A P. XI. 



Difcovertes after leaving Norton Sound. — Stuart s Ijland. 

 — Cape Stephens. — Point Shallow- Water. — Shoals on 

 the America}! Coajl. — Gierke s Ijland^ — Gores Ijland. — 

 Pinnacle Ijland. — Arrival at Oonalajloka. — Intercourfe 

 with the Natives a?id Ruj/ian Traders. — Charts of the 

 Rujfian Difcoverics^ communicated by Mr. Ifmyloff. — 

 Their Errors pointed out. — Situation of the Ifands vijtt- 

 ed by the Rujfta7is. — Account of their Settlement at Oona- 

 lafjka. — Of the Natives of the Ijland. — Their Perfons, 

 — Drcfs. — Orna7nents. — Food, — Houfes and domeflic 

 Utenfds. — ManufaSlures. — Manner of producing Fire. 

 — Canoes. — Fifing and Hunti?>g Implements. — FifjeSy 

 and Sea Animals. — Sea and TVater Fowls ^ and Land 

 Birds. — Land A?dmalsy and Vegetables. — Manner of 

 burying the Dead. — Refemblajice of the Natives on this 

 Side of America to the Greenlanders and Ffqiiiniaux — 

 Tides — Obfervations for deter ??tining the Longitude of 

 Oonalafjka. 



Se wmber. TT ^V I N G Weighed, on the 17th in the morning, witli 

 1. J a light breeze at Eaft, we Iteevcd to the Southward, 

 and attempted to pals within BclLorough liland ; but, though 

 it lies fix or feven miles from the continent, were prevented, 

 by meeting with flioal water. As we had but little wind all 



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