APPENDIX I. 



quifitions aa tliefe do not fall under the intention of 

 this work, which is meant to ftate and examine fad;s, 

 not to lay down an hypothefis, or to make theoretical 

 enquiries '••'. 



* I beg leave to aflure the reader, that throughout this whole work 

 I have entirely confined myfelf to the RuIEan accounts ; and have care- 

 fully avoided making ufe of any vague reports concerning the difcoveries 

 lately made by captains Cooke and Gierke in the fame feas. Many of 

 the geographical queftions which have been occafionally treated in the 

 courfe of this performance, will probably be cleared up, and the true 

 pofition of the Weftern coafts of America afcertained, from the jour- 

 nals of thofe experienced navigators. 



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