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continent : and the account propagated by its inhabitants 

 of a great promontory, called Atachtak, ftretching from 

 the continent N. E, of Alakfu, is not at all .improbable; 



Although the condu6l of the iflanders appeared more 

 friendly, yet on account of their numbers Glottoff refolved 

 not to pafs another winter upon Kadyak, and accordingly 

 prepared for his departure. He wanted hoops for re- 

 pairing his water-calks ; and being told by the natives 

 that there were trees on the ifland at no great diftance 

 from the bay, he difpatched on the 25th of April Lukas 

 Ftorufkin with eleven men for the purpofe of felling 

 wood. Ftorufkin returned the fame day with the fol- 

 lowing intelligence : that after rowing along the South 

 coaft of the illand forty or fifty verfts from the haven, 

 he obferved, about half a verft from the fliore, a confider- 

 able number of alders, fimilar to thofe found in Kamt- 

 chatka, growing in vallies between the rocks. The largeft 

 trunks were from two to four verfliocks in diameter. 

 Of this wood he felled as much as he had occafion for; 

 and returned without having met with either iflander 

 or habitation. 



f^orKadyak, Thcy brought the veffel down the creek in May ; and, 

 ay, .764. ^fj-gj. f^j^jj-jg jjj ^jj ^Y^Q peltry and ftores., left Kadyak on 



the 24th. Contrary winds retarded their voyage, and 

 drove them near the ifland Alakfu, which they paffed ; 

 their water being nearly exhaufted, they afterwards 



landed 



