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difcovering any new iflands ; and, being in great want 

 of provifions, returned into Kamtchatka River, Auguft 

 14, with a cargo of 250 old fea-otter-fkins, above 100 

 young ones, 148 petfi or arcSlic fox-fkins, which were all 

 flain upon Bearing's Ifland. 



We have no fufficient account of Wfevidoff's voyage. 

 All that is known amounts only to this, that he returned 

 the 25th of July, 1749, after having probably touched 

 upon one of the neareft Aleutian Ifles which was unin- 

 habited : his cargo conlifted of the fkins of 1040 fea- 

 otters, and 2000 ardlic foxes. 



Emlimn°Yu- EmiUan YugofF, a merchant of Yakutflc, obtained from 

 the fenate of St. Peterifburg the permiffion of fitting out 

 four veflels for himfelf and his affociates. He procured, at 

 the fame time, the exclufive privilege of hunting fea- 

 otters upon Beering's and Copper Ifland during thefe 

 expeditions ; and for this monopoly he agreed to deliver 

 to the cuftoms the tenth of the furs. 



October 6, 1750, he put to fea from Bolcherefk, in 

 the floop John, manned with twenty-five Ruffians and 

 Kamtchadals, and two ColTacs : he was foon overtaken 

 by a ftorm, and the velfel driven on fhore between the 

 mouths of the rivers Kronotfk and Tfchafminlk. 



October 17 51, he again fet fail. He had been com- 

 manded to take on board forae officers of the Ruffian 

 2 navy ; 



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