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Question 2. At what part of the iBland did you see it? 



Aii.swer. At the " Nepropusk " (all places are so named where the 

 high land ends so abruptly in the sea that i)assage on foot below, along 

 the waters edge, is very difficult or altogether impossible, the one here 

 in question being- always passed below), between Tolstoj Mys and Ko- 

 miindor (the i^lace where Bering died). 



Question 3. At what time of the year? 



Answer. Late in autumn; during the time of the fox-hunting, in 

 October or Xovember ; snow had not fallen yet. [The season of the 

 fox-trapping is from the lirst of October to the end of December.] 



Question 4. How far were you from the animal? 



Answer. About as far as from here down to the anemometer. [30 to 

 40 paces.] 



Questou 5. How was the weather? AYas it high or low water? 



Answer. The weather was fair. As the sea is deep there, I cannot 

 tell whether it was high or low tide. 



Question 6. How did it hap])en that you met the animal? 



Answer. We were en route to Komandor from Tolstoj Mys, when the 

 animal came across us at Nepropusk. 



Question 7. For how long a time did you see the animal ? 



Answer. Only for a very short time ; we saw it only as it rose for a 

 moment, and it immediately dived again. 



Question 8. Describe how it dived. Did it disappear completely 

 under the water ? 



Answer. Yes, it did. [Describing its diving he illustrated it by a 

 motion of his hand, distinctly imitating" the manner in which the toothed 

 whales move in the water. He added expressly, that " the animal 

 showed the whole tail above the water when going down." Of course, 

 I took the opportunity of asking] 



Question 9. How was the tail tin shaped ? 



Answer. Exactly like that of a whale ("Ai^"), but rather small. 



Question 10. Could you see the fore-legs? 



Answer. No! 



Question 11. Did you say, when you described how it dived, that it 

 blew out a " fountain'' {fontaiika)! 



Answer. Yes ! When lifting the head up it spouted out water about 

 as high as that: [Showing with the hand about four feet above the 

 ground.] 



Question 12. Whence did the jet rise, i. e., from what part of the head ? 



Answer. From the top of the head, behind and above the eyes. 



Question 13. Are you sure that it did not come from the nose or the 

 mouth ? 



Answer. Quite sure. 



Question 14. How as to the back fin ? 



Answer. It did not have any fin on the back. 



Question 15. What was its color ? 



