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A VOYAGE TO 



'779- On the i ft of Tune we got on board two hundred and fifty 



June. 11 



< — -v > poods, or nine thoufand pound weight of rye flour, with which 



ay ' we were fupplied from the flores of St. Peter and St. Paul's ; 

 and the Difcovery had a proportional quantity. The men 

 were immediately put on full allowance of bread, which 

 they had not been indulged in fince our leaving the Cape of 

 Good Hope. The fame day, our watering was completed, 

 having got on board fixty-five tons. 



Friday 4 . On the -}th, we had frefh breezes, and hard rain, which 



difappointcd us in our defign of d re fling the fliips, and 

 obliged us to content ourfelves with firing twenty-one guns, 

 in honour of the day, and celebrating it in other refpects- 

 in the bed manner we were able. Port, who was left with, 

 us on account of his fkill in languages, behaved himfelf 

 with fo much niodefty and difcretion, that, as foon as his 

 matter was gone, he was no longer Jean Port, but Monfieur 

 Port, the interpreter; and partook, as well as the ferjeant 

 (in his capacity of commander of the place), of the enter- 

 tainment of the day. Our worthy friend, the priefl of Para- 

 tounca, having got intelligence of its being our king's 

 birth day, gave alfo a fumptuous feaft; at which fome of 

 our gentlemen were prefent, who feemed highly delighted 

 with their entertainment, which confided of abundance of 

 good eating and drinking, together with dancing. 



Sunday 6. On the 6th, twenty head of cattle were fent us by the 



Commander's orders from the Verchnei ojlrog, which isfitu- 

 ated on the river Kamtfchatka, at the diftance of near a 

 hundred miles from this place, in a direct line. 1 hey were 

 of a moderate fizc ; and, notwithilunding the KamtTchadalcs 

 had been feventeen days in driving them down to the har- 

 bour, arrived in good condition. The four following days 

 1 were 



