2.58 cook's voyage to at re. 



CHAP. V. 



RETURN TO THE HARBOUR OF SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL. 



PROMOTION OF OFFICERS. FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN CLERKE. 



— DAMAGES OF THE DISCOVERY REPAIRED. VARIOUS 



OTHER OCCUPATIONS OF THE SHIPS' CREWS. LETTERS 



FROM THE COMMANDER. SUPPLY OF FLOUR AND NAVAL 



STORES FROM A RUSSIAN GALLIOT. — ACCOUNT OF AN 

 EXILE. BEAR-HUNTING AND FISHING PARTIES. DIS- 

 GRACE OF THE SERJEANT. CELEBRATION OF THE KING'S 



CORONATION-DAY, AND VISIT FROM THE COMMANDER. 



THE SERJEANT REINSTATED. A RUSSIAN SOLDIER PRO- 

 MOTED AT OUR REQUEST. REMARKS ON THE DISCIPLINE 



OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. CHURCH AT PARATOUNCA. ME- 

 THOD OF BEAR-HUNTING. FARTHER ACCOUNT OF THE 



BEARS AND KAMTSCHADALES. INSCRIPTION TO THE ME- 

 MORY OF CAPTAIN CLERKE. SUPPLY OF CATTLE. EN- 

 TERTAINMENTS ON THE EMPRESS'S NAME-DAY. PRESENT 



FROM THE COMMANDER. ATTEMPT OF A MARINE TO DE- 

 SERT. WORK OUT OF THE BAY. NAUTICAL AND GEO- 

 GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF AWATSKA BAY. ASTRONOMICAL 



TABLES, AND OBSERVATIONS. 



I sent Mr. Williamson to acquaint Captain Gore 

 with the death of Captain Clerk e, and received a 

 letter from him, ordering me to use all my endea- 

 vours to keep in company with the Discovery ; and, 

 in case of a separation, to make the best of my way 

 to the harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul. At noon, 

 we were in latitude 53° 8'N., longitude 160° 40' E., 

 with Cheepoonskoi Noss bearing west. We had 

 light airs in the afternoon, which lasted through the 

 forenoon of the 23d. At noon, a fresh breeze spring- 

 ing up from the eastward, we stood in for the en- 

 trance of Awatska Bay ; and at six in the evening, 

 saw it bearing west-north-west half west, distant five 

 leagues. At eight, the light-house, in which we 

 now found a good light, bore north-west by west, 





