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navy ; and, as he difobeyed this injundlion, the chancery 

 of Irkutfk iffued an order to confifcate his fhip and cargo 

 upon his return. The fliip returned on the 2 2d of July, 

 1754, to New Kamtchatkoi Oftrog, laden with the fkins 

 of 755 ol<i fea-otters, of 35 cub fea-otters, of 447 cubs 

 of fea-bears, and of 7044 ardlic fox-fkins : of the 

 latter 2000 were white, and 1765 black. Thefe furs 

 were procured upon Beering's and Copper Ifland. Yu- 

 goff himfelf died upon the lall-mentioned ifland. The 

 cargo of the fhip was, according to the above-mentioned 

 order, fealed and properly fecured. But as it appeared 

 that certain perfons had depofited money in YugofF's 

 hand, for the purpofe of equipping a fecond veffel, the 

 crown delivered up the confifcated cargo, after referving 

 the third part according to the original ftipulation. 



This kind of charter-company, if it may be fo called, 

 being foon dilTolved for mifcondudl and want of fufficient 

 ftock, other merchants were allowed the privilege of fit- 

 ting out veflels, even before the return of YugofF's fliip ; 

 and thefe perfons were more fortunate in making new 

 difcoveries than the above-mentioned monopolift. 



Nikiphor TrapefnikofF, a merchant of IrkutHc, ob- voyage of the 



Boris and 



tained the permiffion of fending out a fliip, called the^'^'^''' 

 Boris and Glebb, upon the condition of paying, befides 

 the tribute which might be exadted, the tenth of all the 

 furs. The Goffac Sila ShefFyrin went on board this 



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