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greatly from hunger, having no fuftenance but fmall 

 fliell-fifn, which they occafionally found means to col- 

 led: upon the beach. Compelled at length by extreme 

 want, they one -night ventured to draw their baidar into 

 the fea, and were fortunate enough to get off unper- 

 ceived. 



Their Efcips Thcv coutinucd rowins; at ni^ht, but in the day thev 



from Unal.,(li- •' <=> O J J . 



nikoffTveiiii ^^^ themfelves on the fliore ; by this means they efcaped 

 unobferved from the bay of Makulliinflv, and reached 

 Trapefnikoff's veffel the 30th of March, 1764. What 

 happened to them afterwards in company with the 

 crew of this veffel will be mentioned in the fucceeding 

 chapter, Shaffyrin alone of ail the four died of 

 licknefs daring the voyage ; but Korelin, Kohovin, and 

 "Eragin-''- returned fafe to Kamtchatka. The names of 

 thefe brave men deferve our admiration, for the courage 

 and perfeverance with which they fupported and over- 

 came fuch imminent dangers. 



* Thefe Ruffians were well "known to feveral perfons of credit, who 

 have confirmed the authenticity of this relation. Among the reft the 

 celebrated naturalift Mr. Pallas, whofe name is well known in the lite- 

 rary world, faw Bragin at Irkutfk : from him he had a narrative of their 

 adventures and efcape ; which, as he affured me, perfectly tallied with 

 the above account, which is drawn from the journal of Korelin. 



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