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A VOYAGE TO 



Ottoler. 



the crew, and to make a farther provifion of ten puncheons 

 of ftrong fpruce cflence. The prefent fupply was the more 

 acceptable, as our lafl calk of fpirits, except a fmall quan- 

 tity left in rclerve for cafes of ncceflity, "was now fcrving 

 our. 



^ un<i The 3d was the name-day of the Emprefs; and we could 



want no inducement to fhew it every poflible refpecT:. Ac- 

 cordingly Captain Gore invited the Prieil of Paratounca, 

 Ivafkin, and the Serjeant, to dinner; and an entertainment 

 was alfo provided for the inferior officers of the garrifon, 

 for the two Towns of Paratounca, and St. Peter and St. Paul, 

 and for the other better fort of Kamtfchadale inhabitants. 

 The reft of the natives, of every description, were invited to 

 partake with the (hips companies, who had a pound of 

 good fat beef ferved out to each man ; and what remained 

 of our fpirits was made into grog, and divided amongft 

 them. A falute of twenty-one guns was fired at the ufual 

 hour ; and the whole was conducted (confidering the part of 

 her dominions it was in) in a manner not unworthy lb re- 

 nowned and magnificent an Emprefs. 



TuefJay 5. On the 5th, we received, from Bolcheretfk, a frefh fupply 

 of tea, fugar, and tobacco. This prefent had met Captain 

 Shmaleff on his return, and was accompanied by a letter 

 from him, in which he informed us, that the Hoop from 

 Okotfk had arrived during his abfence, and that Madame 

 Shmaleff, who was entirely in our intcrcfts, had lofl no time 

 in difpatching a courier, with the few prelcnts, of which 

 our acceptance was rcquefted. 



Friday 8. The appearance of foul weather, on the 6th and 7th, pre- 



vented our unmooring; but on the morning of the 8th, we 

 failed out toward the mouth of the bay, and hoiftcd in all 



the 



