i64 ACCOUNTOFTHE 



CHAP. XIII. 



Conchifion—— General pofition and fituation of the Aleutian 

 <2;2^Fox Iflands — their dijiance from each other-r—Fiir~ 

 ther defcription of the drefs, mamiers, and cuftoms of 

 the inhabitants — their feafls and ceremonies^ ^c. 



Beering'°Ld ACCORDING to thc latcft informations brought 

 copperlflands. XX ^^ Otchercdin's and Popoff's vefTels, the North 

 Weft point of Commandorlkoi Oftroff, or Beering's 

 Ifland, lies due Eaft from the mouth of the Kamtchatka 

 river, at the diftance of 250 verfts. It is from 70 to 

 80 verfts long, and ftretches from North Weft to South 

 Eaft, in the fame direction as Copper Illand. The latter 

 is fituated about 60 or 70 verfts from the South Eaft 

 point of Beering's Illand, and is about 50 verfts in length. 



oftiieAieii- About ^00 verfts Eaft by South of Copper Ifland lie 



urn Iflcs. -^ ■' '■ ^ 



the Aleutian Iftes, of which Attak is the neareft : it is 

 rather larger than Beering's Iftand, of the fame 

 fliape, and ftretches from Weft to South Eaft. From 

 thence about 20 verfts Eaft wards is fituated Semitfni, 

 extending from Weft to Eaft, and near its Eaftern point 

 another fmall ifland. To the South of the ftrait, which 

 feparates the two latter illands, and at the diftance of 



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