«/Ul CONTENTS 



CHAP. II. 



Scarcity of Provisions and Stores at the Harbour of Saint Peter 

 and Saint Paul. — A Party set out to visit the Commander at 

 Bolcheretsk. — Passage up the River Awatska. — Account of 

 their Reception by the Toion of Karatchin. — Description of a 

 Kamtschadale Dress. — Journey on Sledges. — Description of 

 this Mode of Travelling. — Arrival at Natcheekin. — Account 

 of hot Springs. — Embark on the Bolchoireka. — Reception at 

 the Capital. — Generous and hospitable Conduct of the Com- 

 mander and the Garrison. — Description of Bolcheretsk. — Pre- 

 sents from the Commander. — Russian and Kamtschadale Danc- 

 ing. — Affecting Departure from Bolcheretsk. — Return ta 

 Saint Peter and Saint Paul's, accompanied by Major Behm, 



who visits the Ships. — Generosity of the Sailors Dispatches 



sent by Major Behm to Petersburg. — His Departure and Cha- 

 racter - Page 179 



CHAP. III. 



Continuation of Transactions in the Harbour of St. Peter and 

 St. Paul. — Abundance of Fish. — Death of a Seaman belong- 

 ing to the Resolution. — The Russian Hospital put under the 

 Care of the Ships' Surgeons. — Supply of Flour and Cattle. — 

 Celebration of the King's Birth-day. — Difficulties in sailing out 

 of the Bay. — Eruption of a Volcano. — Steer to the north- 

 ward. — Cheepoonskoi Noss. — Errors of the Russian Charts. 

 — Kamtschatskoi Noss. — Olutorskoi Noss. — Tschukotskoi 

 Noss. — Island of St. Laurence. — View from the same Point, 

 of the Coasts of Asia and America, and the Islands of St. 

 Diomede. — Various Attempts to get to the north, between 

 the two Continents. — Obstructed by impenetrable Ice. — Sea- 

 horses and white Bears killed. — Captain Clerke's Determin- 

 ation, and future Designs - 208 



CHAP. IV. 



Fruitless Attempts to penetrate through the Ice to the north- 

 west. — Dangerous Situation of the Discovery. — Sea-horses 

 killed. — Fresh Obstructions from the Ice. — Report of Da- 

 mages received by the Discovery. — Captain Clerke's Deter- 

 mination to proceed to the Southward. — Joy of the Ships' 

 Crews on that Occasion. — Pass Serdze Kamen. — Return 

 through Beering's Straits. — Inquiry into the Extent of the 

 north-east Coast of Asia. — Reasons for rejecting Muller's 

 Map of the Promontory of the Tschutski. — Reasons for be- 

 lieving the Coast does not reach a higher Latitude than 70^° 

 north. — General Observations on the Impracticability of a 

 north-east or north-west Passage from the Atlantic into the 



