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^rft promontory acrofs a bay ; and found on the oppofite 

 point of" land a dwelling place called Agulok, which lies 

 about four hours row from the harbour. He found there 

 -thirteen men and about forty women and children, who 

 delivered up feveral gian-barrels and fhip-ttores, and like- 

 wife informed him of two of Korovin's crew who had 

 been murdered. 



November 5, they pi-oceeded farther ; and after five or 

 fix hours rowing, they faw on a point of land another 

 dwelling called Ikutchlok, beyond which the interpreter 

 fhewed them the haven, where Korovin's fliip had been 

 at anchor. This was called Makufliinfhy Bay ; and on 

 an ifland within it they found two Toigons, called Itch- 

 ad ak and Kagumaga, with about an hundred and eighty 

 people of both fexes employed in hunting fea-bears. 

 Thefe natives were not in the leaft hoftile, and SoloviofF 

 endeavoured to eftablifh and confirm a friendly intercourfe 

 between them and his people. He remained with them 

 imtil the i oth, when the Toigons invited him to their 

 winter quarters, whichiay about five hours fail farther 

 Eafl : there he found two dwelling caves, each of forty 

 yards fquare, near a rivulet abounding with fifli which 

 fell from a lake into a little bay. In -the neighbourhood 

 of this village is a hot fpring below the fea mark, which 

 is only to be feen at ebb tide. From hence he departed 



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