A P P E N D I X L 293 



N° VII. 



Of the iTcbutski — Reports of the vicinity 0/ America to 

 their coajl^firjl propagated by them, fee7}i to be confirmed 

 by late accounts from thofe parts. 



'"I^HE Tfchutfki, it is well known, inhabit the North TheTfchuAi. 



Eaftern part of Siberia; their country is a fmall 

 trad of land, bounded on the North by the Frozen Sea, 

 on the Eaft by the Eaftern Ocean; on the South it borders 

 upon river Anadyr, and on that of Kovyma to the Weft. 

 The N. E. cape of this country is called Tfchukotftvoi- 

 Nofs, or the promontory of the Tfchutfki. Its inhabitants 

 are the only people of Siberia who have not yet been 

 fubdued by the Ruffians. 



The anonymous author agrees with Mr. Muller in 

 fuppofing, that America advances to within a fmall dif- 

 tance of the coaft of the Tfchutski ; which he fays " is 

 confirmed by the lateft accounts procured from thefe 

 parts." 



The firft intelligence concerning the fuppofed vicinity 

 between Afia and America was derived from the reports 



of 



