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CHAP. VII. 



Voyage of Andrean Tolftyk in the St. Andrean and Nata- 

 lia — Difcovery of fame New I/lands called AndreanofF- 

 fkye Oftrova — Defcription of fix of thofe IJlands. 



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HE moft remarkable voyage hitherto made is that vovagcofA1^ 



' ° drcan Tolftyk 



of the St. Andrean and Natalia, of which the fol- '"''''f ,t"' 

 lowing extradl is drawn from the Journals of the two "'' ''''°" 

 ColTacs, Peter Wafyutinflvoi and Maxim Lafaroff. This 

 veflel, fitted out by the above-mentioned merchant An- 

 drean Tolftyk, weighed from the mouth of the Kamt- 

 chatls-a river September 27, 1760; flie flood out to fea 

 right Eaft wards, and on the 29th reached Beering's 

 Ifland. There flie lay at anchor in a bay, from whence 

 the crew brought all the tackle and lading afhore. Soon 

 afterwards they were driven upon the fliore by a violent 

 autumnal ftorm, without any other damage than the lofs 

 of an anchor. Here they paflcd the winter ; and having 

 refitted their velTel, put to fea June 24, 1761 : they 

 pafled by Copper Ifland, which lies about an hundred 

 and fifty verfts from the fonner, and fleered S. E. to- 

 wards the Aleutian lOes, which they did not reach before 

 the 6th of yVugurt. They catt anchor in an open bay 

 near Attak, in order to procure an interpreter from tlie 



Toigon 



