4 ' r Pv E L ITvI I N A R Y OBSERVATIONS 



The following year AtlaflTofF himfelf at the head of 

 a larger body of troops penetrated into the Peninfula, 

 took poffeffion of the river Kamtchatka 'by erecting a 

 crofs vipon its banks ; and built fome huts upon the 

 fpot, where Upper Kamtchatkoi Oilrog now Hands. 



_. „ . „ , Thefe expeditions were continued during the following 

 'coiop'if«nrr^ years : Upper and Lower Kamtchatkoi Oftrogs and Bol- 



tlie Ruffians. i • i i r^ i i • n • n t 



cheretfk were built ; the Southern diitndt conquered 

 and colonifed ; and in 1711 the whole Peninfula was 

 finally reduced under the dominion of the Ruffians. 



During fome years the pofleflion of Kamtchatka 

 l^rought very little advantage to the crown, excepting 

 the fmall tribute of furs exacted from the inhabitants. 

 The Ruffians indeed occalionally hunted in that Penin- 

 fula foxes, wolves, ern^iues,, Abies, and other animal^ 

 whofe valuable Ikins form an extenfive article of com- 

 merce among the Ealfern nations. But tlie fur trade 

 carried on from thence was inconfidcrable ; until the 

 Ruffians difcovered the iflands lltuated between Alia and 

 America, in a feries of voyages,, the journals of which 

 will be exhibited in the fubfcquent tranflation. Since 

 .thefe difcoveries, the variety of rich fin-s, which are 

 procured from thofe Iflands, has greatly encreafed the 

 trade of Kamtchatka, and rendered it a very imx-'ortant 

 branch of the Ruffian commerce. 



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