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•^ near an ifland and caft anchor before it ; they were how- 



sTiJpwrecked cvcr again forced from this ftation, the veffel wrecked 



upon one of 



the more ci.f- upon thc coaft, and the crew with difficulty reached the 



lane Iflands. r ' J 



fliore. 



This ifland feemed to be right oppofite to Katyrfkoi 

 Nofs in the peninfula of Kamtchatka, and near it they 

 faw three others. Towards the end of September De- 

 mitri Tropliin, accompanied with nine men, went out 

 in the boat upon an hunting and reconnoitring party : 

 they were attacked by a large body of inhabitants, who 

 hurled darts from a fmall wooden engine, and wounded 

 one of the company. The lirft fire however drove them 

 back ; and although they returned feveral times to the 

 attack in numerous bodies, yet they were always re- 

 pulfed without difficulty. 



Account of the 

 Inhabitants. 



Thefe favages mark and colour their faces like the 

 Iflanders above-mentioned ; and alfo thruft pieces of 

 bone through holes made in their under-lips. 



Soon afterwards the Ruffians were joined in a friendly 

 manner by ten iflanders, who brought the flefh of fea- 

 animals and of fea-otters ; this prefent was the more 

 welcome, as they had lived for fome time upon nothing 

 but fmall fliell-fifli and roots ; and had fuffered greatly 

 from hunger. Several toys were in return diftribut- 



ed 



