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A VOYAGE TO 



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 Oftobcr. 



Wednef. 13. 



and the funk rocks that are off the Cape. From Cape Ga- 

 vareea to Lopatka, the coaft trends South Eaft. South of 

 Achachinfkoi, the land is not fo high and broken as be- 

 tween that Bay and the mouth of Awatfka, being only of a 

 moderate elevation toward the fea, with hills gradually 

 rifing farther back in the country. The coaft is fteep and 

 bold, and full of white chalky patches. 



At noon, the weather falling again to a calm, afforded us 

 an opportunity of catching fome fine cod. We were, at this 

 time, in forty fathoms water, and about five or fix leagues 

 from Cape Lopatka. Both in the fore and afternoon, we had 

 obfervations, with different compaffes, for the variation, 

 and found it to be 5 20' Eaft. 



We flood on all night, under an eafy fail, to the South 

 South Weft, having the wind Wefterly. At midnight, we 

 founded, and had fixty fathoms ; and, at day-break of the 

 13th, we faw the fccond of the Kurile lilands (called by the 

 Ruffians Paramoufir), extending, from North Weft by Weft, 

 to Weft half South. This land is very high, and almoft 

 intirely covered with mow. At noon, the extremes bore 

 from North North Weft half Weft, to Weft North Weft half 

 Weft; and a high peaked mountain, from which fome 

 thought they faw imoke iffuing, North Weft by Weft half 

 Weft, about twelve or fourteen leagues diftant. At this 

 time our latitude, by observation, was 49* 49', and our 

 longitude 157° o'. In the courfe of the day we faw many 

 gulls and albatroffes, and fcvcral whales. 



Paramoufir is the largeft of the Kuriles under the domi- 

 nion of RuHia, and \vell delerves a more accurate furvey, 

 than we were at this time allowed to take. For, in the af- 

 ternoon, the gale increafing from the Weft, we were never 



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