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mitted in the chart of that expedition. Thefe traders,, 

 who for fome years pail; were accuitomed to ramble to 

 tlie diftant iflands iii queft of furs, faid tliat they were 

 fltuated much more to tlie South, and fartlier Eail: than. 

 Thsv reach "^^^^ imagined. On tlie 27th they faw Commodore's or 

 iftwd'f Beering's Ifland, vvliich is low and rocky, efpecially to 

 the S. W. On this fide they obferved a fmall harbour, 

 diftingviiflied by two hillocks like boats, and not far 

 from it they found a frefli water lake. 



and Copper ^o thc S. E. lics anothcr ifland, called by the Ruflians 



Mednoi Olliroff, or Copper Ifland, from a great quantity 

 of copper found upon its N. E. coaft, the only fide which, 

 is known to the Ruflians. It is wafhed up by the fea, 

 and covers the fhore in fuch abundance, that many fhips 

 may load with it. Perhaps an India trader might make 

 a profitable voyage from thence to China, where this, 

 metal is in high demand. This copper is moftly in a 

 metallic or malleable ftate, and many pieces feem as if 

 they had formerly been in fufion^ The ifland is not 

 high, but has many hillocks, each of which has the 

 appearance of having formerly been the funnel of a 

 volcano. We may here, once for all, obferve, that all the 

 iflands reprefented in this chart* abound with fuch 

 funnels, called in Ruffian Sopka, in fo much that no 

 ifland, however finall, was found without one ; and 



* Namely, the chart which is prefixed to this journal. 



many 



