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• ' "J- The fame day, an enfign arrived from Bolcheretfk with a 



September. ° 



■ , 1 letter from the Commander to Captain Gore, which we put 



into the Serjeant's hands, and, by his aifillance, were made 

 to underftand, that orders had been given about the cattle ; 

 and that they might be expected here in a few days ; and, 

 moreover, that Captain ShmalcfT, the prefent Commander, 

 would himfelf pay us a villt immediately on the arrival of a 

 floop which was daily expected from Okotzk. The young 

 officer, who brought the letter, was the fon of the Captain 

 Lieutenant Synd, who commanded an expedition on disco- 

 very, between Afia and America, eleven years ago, and re- 

 dded at this time at Okotzk *. He informed us, that he was 

 fent to receive our directions, and to take care to get us fup_ 

 plied with whatever our fervice might require ; and that 

 he fliould remain with us, till the Commander was himfelf 

 able to leave Bolcheretfk ; after which he was to return, that 

 the garrifon there might not be left without an officer. 



Sunday 5 . On the 5th, the parties that were on more returned on 



board, and were employed in fcrubbing the fhip's bottom, 



* See all that is known of his voyage, and a Chart of his difcoveries, in Mr. Coxe's 

 Account of Ruffian Difcoveries between Afia and America. We were not able to learn, 

 from the Ruffians in Kamtfchatka, a more perfect account of Synd than we now find 

 is given by Mr. Coxe ; and yet they feemed difpofed to communicate all that they 

 really knew. Major Bchin could only inform us, in general, that the expeditica 

 had mifcarricd as to its object, and that the commander had fallen under much blame. 

 It appeared evidently, that he had been on the coafl of America to the Southward of 

 Cape Prince of Wales, between the latitude of 64 and 65 ; and it is molt probable, 

 that his having got too far to the Northward to meet with fea-otters, which the 

 Ruffians, in all their attempts at difcoveries, fecm to have principally in view, and 

 his returning without having made any that promifed commercial advantages, was the 

 caufe of his difgrace, and of the great contempt with which the Ruffians always fpoke 

 of this officer's voyage. 



The clutter of illands, placed inSynd's chart, between the latitude of 6i° and 65°, is 

 undoubtedly the fame with the iflaiul, called, by Beering, St. Laurence's, and thole 

 we named Clerke's, Anderfon's, and King's IflandSj but their proportionate fize, and 

 relative fituation, are exceedingly erroneous, 



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