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extreme point bearing north-east a quarter east, we 

 supposed it to be Saint Thadeus's Noss j to the south- 

 ward of which the land trends to the westward, and 

 forms a deep bight, wherein, according to the Rus- 

 sian charts, lies the river Katirka. 



On the 29th the weather was unsettled and va- 

 riable, with the wind from the north-east. At noon 

 of the 30th, our latitude by observation was 61° 48', 

 and longitude 180° 0', at which time Saint Thadeus's 

 Noss bore north-north-west, twenty-three leagues dis- 

 tant, and beyond it we observed the coast stretching 

 almost directly north. The most easterly point of 

 the Noss is in latitude 62° 50', and longitude 179° 0', 

 being S^° more to the east than what the Russians 

 make it. The land about it must be of a considerable 

 height, from its being seen at so great a distance. 

 During the two last days, we saw numbers of whales, 

 large seals, and sea-horses ; also gulls, sea-parrots, 

 and albatrosses. We took the advantage of a little 

 calm weather to try for fish, and caught abundance 

 of fine cod. The depth of water from sixty-five to 

 seventy-five fathoms. 



On the 1st of July at noon, Mr. Bligh having 

 moored a small keg with the deep-sea lead in seventy- 

 five fathoms, found the ship made a course north by 

 east half a mile an hour. This he attributed to the 

 effect of a long southerly swell, and not to that of 

 any current. The wind freshening from the south- 

 east toward evening, we shaped our course to the 

 north-east by east for the point called in Beering's 

 chart Tschukotskoi Noss, which we had observed on 

 the 4th of September last year, at the same time that 

 we saw to the south-east the island of Saint Lau- 

 rence. This Cape and Saint Thadeus's Noss form 

 the north-east and south-west extremities of the large 

 and deep Gulf of Anadir, into the bottom of which 

 the river of that name empties itself, dividing as it 

 passes, the country of the Koriacs from that of 

 Tschutski. 



