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ACCOUNT OF THE 



erew who had been fent out in two baidars, had 

 found means to overpower the remainder and to deftroy; 

 the veffel. From the name of the Kamtchadal they con- 

 cluded that this muft have been- another veffel fitted out; 

 by Nikiphor Trapefnikoff and company, of which no* 

 farther intelligence was ever received. Willing to pro- 

 cure farther intelligence, they endeavoured to perfuade 

 the Toigons to fend a party of their people to the above- 

 mentioned ifland ; but the latter excufed themfelves, on^ 

 account of the great diftance and- their dread of the 

 iflanders. 



February i6, SoloviofF fet out a. fecortd time for the 

 Weft end of the ifland, where they had formerly taken 

 prifoner, and afterwards fet at liberty, the Toigon of 

 Sedak. From thence he proceeded to Ikolga, which 

 lies on the bay, and conlifts of only one hut. On the 

 26 th he came to Takamitka, where there is like wife 

 only one hut on a point of land by the fide of a rivulet, 

 which falls from the mountains into the fea. Here he 

 met with Korovin, in whofe company he cut the blubber 

 of a whale, which the waves had caft on fliore ; after 

 this Korovin went acrofs the gulph to Umnak, and he 

 proceeded to Ikaltfliinfk, where on the 9th one of his 

 party was carried off by ficknefs. 



March 1 5 he returned to the haven, having met with 

 no oppofltion from the iflanders during this excurfion. 



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