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from ice as it was at this time. He commences his nar- 

 rative with a defcription of the great promontory : " It 

 " is," fays he, " very different from that which is fituated 

 " Weilof the Kovyma, near the river Tfchukotlkia. It 

 " hes between Nortli and North Eaft, and bends, in a 

 " cir'ular direction, towards the Anadyr. It is diitin- 

 " giv. hed on the Iluffian (namely, the Weftern) fide, by 

 " a rnulet which falls into the fea, clofe to which the 

 " Tfclmtflvi have raifed a pile, like a tower, with the 

 " bones of whales. Oppofife the promontory, (it is not 

 ' fi.id on which lide), are two iflands, on which he ob- 

 " ferved people of the nation of the Tfchutfki, wlio had 

 " pieces of the fea-horfe tooth thruft into holes made in 

 ** their lips. With a good wind it is poffible to fail from 

 " this promontory to the Anadyr in three days ; and the 

 " journey by land may be performed in the fame fpace 

 *' of time, becaufe the Anadyr falls into a bay." An- 

 kudinofF's kotche was wrecked on this promontory, and 

 the crew was diftributed on board the two remaining 

 vefTels. On the 2,0th of September DefhnefF and Fedot 

 Alexecf went on fhore, and had a fliirmifli with the 

 Tfchutski, in which Alexeef was wounded. The two 

 veiTels foon afterwards loft fight of each other, and never 

 again rejoined. DefhnefF was driven about by tempef- 

 tuous winds until Oclober, when he was Ihipwrecked 

 (as it appears from circumftances), conliderably to the 

 South of the Anadyr, not, far from the river Olutora,. 



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