RUSSIAN DISCOV^ERIES, r^, 



Polofkofi continued upon Akun in great danger until 

 the aoth of February ; when, the wounded being re- 

 covered, he failed over with a fair wind to PopofF's vef- 

 fel at Unalallika ; and on the loth of May returned to 

 Otcheredin. 



In April PopofF's veiTel being got ready for the voy- 

 age, all the hoflages, whofe number amounted to forty, 

 were delivered to Otcheredin. July the 30th a veflel 

 belonging to the fame PopofF arrived from Beering's 

 Ifland, and caft anchor in the fame bay where Otchere- 

 din's lay ; and both crews entered into an agreement 

 to lliare in common the profits of hunting. Strength- 

 ened by this alliance, Otcheredin prevailed upon a num- 

 ber of the inhabitants to pay tribute. Auguft the 2 2d 

 Otcheredin's mate was fent with fix boats and fifty- 

 eight men to hunt upon Unalafiika and Akutan ; and 

 there remained thirty men with the velTels in the har- 

 bour, who kept coniiant watch. 



Soon afterwards Otcheredin and the other commander otdieredin re- 

 ceives an Ac- 

 received a letter from LevafhefF Captain Lieutenant of '"""^J?*^"- 



*• vafheff s Ar- 



the Imperial fleet, who accompanied Captain Krenitzin hihka! ^'"" 

 in the fecret expedition to thofe iflands. The letter 

 was dated September 11, 1768 : it informed them he 

 was arrived at Unalafiika in the St. Paul, and lay at 

 anchor in the fame bay in which KulkofF's vefl^el had 



Y been 



