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tacked with great fpirit by a large body of the inhabi- 

 tants ; and though three of the Rullians were wounded, 

 yet the favages were repulfed with confiderable lofs : they 

 were fo terrified by their defeat, that they fled before the 

 Ruflians during their continuance on that ifland. The 

 latter were detained there by tempeftuous weather until 

 the 9th of July ; during which time they found two 

 rufty firelocks belonging to ProtalFofF's crew. On the 

 loththey returned to the harbour ; and it was imme- 

 diately refolved to difpatch fome companies upon hunt- 

 ing expeditions.. 



Accordingly on the ifl of Augufl Matthew Polofkoff, 

 a native of llinfk, was fent with twenty-eight men in 

 two boats to Unalaflika with the following, orders ; 

 that if the weather and other circumftances were fa- 

 vourable, they were to make to Akutan and Akun, the 

 two neareft iflands to the Eaft, but to proceed no further. 

 In confequence of this, Polofkoff reached Akutan about 

 the end of the month ; and being kindly received by 

 the inhabitants, he left fix of his party to hunt ; with 

 the remainder he went to Akun, which lies about two 

 verfts from Akutan. From thence he difpatched five 

 men to the neighbouring iflands, where he was informed 

 by the interpreters there were great quantities of foxes.. 



Polofkoff and his companions continued the whole. 

 autumn upon Akun without being annoyed ; but on the • 



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