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Toigoii Tvinulgalen ; but the latter being dead, they fent 

 prefents to the Toigoii Bakutun. As there were already 

 three fhips lying at ahchor before this liland, on the 1 9th 

 they again ftood out to fea in queft of the more diftant 

 iflands, for the purpofe of exacting a tribute. They 

 carried on board a relation of the Toigon Bakutun, who 

 had a flight knowledge of the Ruffian language. They 

 fleered N. E. and N. E. by E. and were driven, on the 

 28th, by a high gale of wind towards an ifland, before 

 which they immediately call anchor. The following 

 morning the two CoflTacs with a party of eight perfons 

 went afliore to reconnoitre the ifland ; they faw no inha- 

 bitants. Auguft 30, the veflTel was brought into a fafe 

 bay. The next day fome of the crew were fent afliore 

 .to procure wood, that the fliip might be refitted ; but 

 there were no large trees to be met with upon the whole 

 ifland. LafarofF, who was one of the party, had been 

 Ayagi"one of thcrc bcforc in SerebranikofF's veflTel : he called the ifland 



the Andrea- 



rofFiicye Avaffh or Kayachu : and another, which lay about the 

 diftance of twenty verfts, Kanaga. As they were re- 

 turning to the fhip, they faw two iflanders rowing in 

 fmall canoes towards Kanaga, one of whom had ferved 

 as an interpreter, and was known to LafarofF. The lat- 

 ter accordingly made them a prefent of fome frefli pro- 

 vifiOn, which the others gratefully accej^ted, and then 

 continued their courfe acrofs the ftrait to Kanaga. Soon 

 afterwards Lafaroflf and eight men rowed over to that 

 ifland, and having invited the Toigon, who was a rela- 

 2 tion 



