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September the 6th, they weighed aochor from Ochotfk, 

 and arrived OtStober the nth in the haven of St. Peter 

 and Paul, where they wintered. June the 24th, 1763, 

 they again put to fea, and having reached, after eleven 

 days faiUng, the neareft Aleutian lilands, they anchored 

 hefore Atach. They flaid here about fourteen days, 

 and took up feven Ruffians who had been lliipwrecked 

 on this coail. Among thefe was Korelin, who returned 

 to Kamtchatka, and brought back the following account 

 of the voyage. 



July the 17th, they failed from Atach towards the 

 more.diftant illands. In the fame month they landed 

 upon an illand, where the crew of the Andrean and 

 Natalia was engaged in hunting ; and, having laid in a 

 proviiion of water, continued their voyage. 



In the beginning of September they arrived at Um- Arrival at 

 nak, one of the Fox Illands, and call anchor about a 

 verft from the fliore. They found there GlottolF's veiTel, 

 whofe voyage will be mentioned in a fucceeding chajiter-, 

 Drufmin immediately difpatched his firft mate Maefnifk 

 and Korelin, with thirty-four of the crew, to land. They 

 paffed over to the Ealfern extremity of the ifland, which 

 was diftant about feventy verfts from the veffel ; and re- 

 turned fafe on the 12th of September. During this ex- 



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