RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES. 



To the North-eaft of thefe, at the diftance of 600 or 

 800 verfts, lies another group of fix or more illands, 

 known by the name of the Andreanoffifkie Oltrova. 



South-eaft, or Eaft-fouth, of thefe, at the diftance of 

 about 1 5 degrees, and North by Eaft of the Aleutian, be- 

 gins the chain of Lyflie Oftrova, or Fox Iflands : this chain 

 of rocks andifles ftretches Eaft-north-eafl between 56 and 

 6 1 degrees of North latitude, from 211 degrees of longi- 

 tude moil: probably to the Continent of America ; and in a 

 line of direction, w^hich crofles with that in which the 

 Aleutian ifles lie. The largeft and moft remarkable of 

 thefe iflands are Umnak, Aghunalaflika, or, as it is com- 

 monly fhortened, Unalaflika, Kadyak, and Alagfliak. 



Of thefe and the Aleutian Ifles, the diftance and pofi- 

 tion are tolerably well afcertained by fliips reckonings, 

 and latitudes taken by pilots. But the fituation of the 

 Andreanofffky Ifles * is ftill fomewhat doubtful, though 

 probably their diredlion is Eaft and Weft ; and feme of 

 them may unite with that part of the Fox Iflands which 

 are moft contiguous to the oppofite Continent. 



The main land of America has not been touched at by 

 any of the veflels in the late expeditions ; though poflibly 



* Thefe are the fame iflands which are called, by Mr. Stahlin, Ana- 

 diriky Iflands, from their fuppofed vicinity to the river Anadyr. See 

 Appendix I. N° V. 



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