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to the New Difcovered Iflands. Accordingly he failed 

 therein on the 7th of Odober, 1757, with a crew of 

 twenty Ruffians, and the fame number of Kamtchadals : 

 he was accompanied by Studentzoflf a Coflac, who was 

 fent to collect the tribute for the crown. An account of 

 this expedition will be given hereafter *. 



Auguft, 1754, Nikiphor TrapefnikofF fitted out the ^'°>:^f^°/ ^,_^ 

 Shitik St. Nicholas, which failed from Kamtchatka under 1754."'°^'' 

 the command of the Coflac Kodion DurnefF. He firfl 

 touched at two of the Aleutian Ifles, and afterwards upon 

 a third, which had not been yet difcovered. He returned 

 to Kamtchatka in 1747. His cargo confifled of the 

 Ikins of 1220 fea-otters, of 410 female, and 665 cubs; 

 befides which, the crew had obtained in barter from the 

 iflanders the fkins of 652 fea-otters, of 30 female ditto, 

 and 50 cubs. 



From an account delivered in the 3d of May, 1758, r^le'vovalc! 

 by Durneff and Sheffyrin, who was fent as colleilor of 

 the tributes, it appears that they failed in ten days as far 

 as Ataku, one of the Aleutian Iflands ; that they remained 

 there until the year 1757, and lived upon amicable terms 

 with the natives. 



The fecond ifland, which is neareft to Ataku, and '^''^"'p''"" f-f 



' the Altiitian 



which contains the greateft number of inhabitants, is ^""' 



* See Chap. V.. 



called 



