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GiottofFw.n- GlottofFnow refolved to winter upon Umnak, and ac- 



teis upon ■»■ ' 



Dnm.k. eordingly laid up his veffel for that purpofe. On the 2d 

 ©f September Korovin, as is before related, was at his 

 own defire fent out with a hunting party in two baidars. 

 On his return, in May 1765, they had the firft intelUgence 

 of the arrival of Solovioff's vcffcl, which lay before 

 Unalailikay and of which an account fhall be given*., 

 None of the iflanders appeared near the harbour during 

 the winter, and there were none probably at that time 

 upon Umnak ; for Glottoff made excurfions on all lides„ 

 and went once round the ifland* He likewife looked 

 into the habitations of the iilanders, and found them> 

 empty ^ he examined the coimtry and caufed a ftridl fearch. 

 to be made after the remains of the plundered velTeL. 



According to his account Umnak is about 300 vcrfts in. 

 Gircunvferencc. It contains feveral fmall rivulets, which, 

 take their rife frona lakes, and fall into the fea after a 

 very fhort courfe. No trees were obferved upon the 

 ifland, and the vegetables were the fame as thofe of 

 Kamtchatka. 



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