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his intention was to furprife the watch at a convenient 

 feafon, and afterwards to fet fire to the fliip. As they 

 faw feveral iilanders row pail the harbour at the fame 

 time, and the Toigon Ukewife informed them, that they 

 were affembhiig to execute the abovementioned defign ; 

 SoloviofF refolved to be much upon his guard. They 

 feparated, however, without attempting any hoftilities. 



June 5, GlottofF arrived at the harbour on a vifit, and 

 returned on the 8th to his fliip. The captive Toigon 

 was now fet at hberty, after being ferioufly exhorted to 

 defift from hotlihties. In the courfe of this month two 

 more of the crew died ; fo that the arrival of Korovin, 

 who joined them about this time, with two of his own 

 and two of KulkofF's crew, was of courfe a very agree- 

 able circumftance. The fick like wife began to recover 

 by degrees. 



July 2 2, Solovioff, with a party of his people, in two 

 baidars, made another excurfion Northwards ; he pafTed 

 by the places formerly mentioned as far as Igonok, 

 which 'lies ten verfts beyond Totzikala. Igonok confifts 

 of one dwelling cave on the fide of a rivulet, which falls 

 from the mountains, and empties itfelf into the fea. The 

 inhabitants amounted to about thirty men, who dwelt 

 there with their wives and children. From thence 

 SoloviofF proceeded along the fhore into a bay ; five verfl:s 



further 



