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As the fea of Kamtchatka is now fo much frequented, 

 thefe conjeflures cannot remain long undecided ; and it 

 is only to be wilhed, that fome expeditions were to be 

 made North-eaft, in order to difcover the neareft coafts 

 of x'Vmerica. For there is no reafon to expe(fl a fuccefs- 

 ful voyage by taking any other diredlion ; as all the vef- 

 fels, which have fleered a more foutherly courfe, have 

 failed through an open fea, without meeting with any 

 figns of land. 



A very full and judicious account of all the difcoveries 

 hitherto made in the Eaftern ocean may be expefled from 

 the celebrated Mr. MuUer ■•'••. Meanwhile, I hope the 

 following account, extradled from the original papers, 

 and procured from the beft intelligence, will be the more 

 acceptable to the public ; as it may prove an inducement 

 to the Ruffians to publifli fuller and more circumflantial 

 relations. Befides, the reader will find here a narrative 

 more authentic and accurate, than what has been pub- 



Dolmar, that if they were to be placed upon the general map of 

 Ruffia, which is prefixed to this work, they would coincide with the 

 very chain of the Fox Iflands. 



* Mr. Muller has already arranged and put in order feveral of the 

 journals, and fent them to the board of admiralty at St. Peterfburg, 

 where they are at prefent kept, together with the charts of the re- 

 fpe&ive voyages. 



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