fi28 Cochrane 8 Journey id the I< 



w»>rl(l l»y lliis rxpodilion ; llio most 

 \Mln;il»lc' is tin- liavinK asfprtaiiicil that 

 a ("Iron}; i-mront rnns round Icy Capo 

 to the nrntli-rast nniJ cast, so slroiif::, 

 tfrat it was with ••nat «liffienlty lliat 

 Caplaiiv Yassilicll" could get back liis 

 lasl-sarHiiff sl<>f)p ! 



Ilail llie state of Cai>taiii VassilicfT's 

 sliif> prmnlloil liis rnniviiijj for llic ar- 

 romplisliinont of the voynjjc in jccik ril, 

 W rcrtaitily liad IIm- fullest ojinorlmiily 

 that fvcr man irul, for t!io result of 

 <;;iptain Part J '.s first voyage was known 

 Ht Kamtclialka, as a emrect eliart of 

 Itial V(>\a<r«', and tlic situation of 

 Mrhilfo Island, had heen forwarded, 

 pimJ hail aetnally ren>lied there, a few 

 ihiys aftir Captain Vassilieif arrived, 

 JJltte or no (lonl)t can exist that lie 

 ••oiilil have reached Melville Island; 

 Ihat there was an open sea to the cast, 

 »ird a eiiriciit of time kitols per hour, 

 J have reason to kno\v. Uii'ortniialely, 

 linwrvor, the expedition was not in a 

 Jrt state to make the attempt ap;aiii ; 

 l>rit what may he done hy Captain 

 Ivutz'Inio, time alone v<ill show, 

 :i|lhon<;!i I am I'lee to think thai the 

 |»ass»ge hy Ik'hring's Straits is the 

 Itesf. 



• ShonM Caiitiin Kotzel)no l>c de- 

 termined to attem|)t the passapjc round 

 ley Capp, lie will, no ilonht, find a 

 fdare lor wiiitirinjc ; or he may winter 

 rn the soinid called after, and rc-ilis- 

 ••overed by him, for it has heeii known 

 U> the |!l^ssi■ln^ more than one Innulred 

 ■(ears, 'riie winter may he emplo\ed 

 to "jreat advantajje, as there an- natives 

 in the vicinity, with (li)n;s and rein-deer ; 

 ami I shoiihl think, that with proper 

 caution, and peoph; rpialilied for the 

 task, the enasl as far as M'Kenzies 

 jiver mi'j;ht bo snrve\ed in one winter. 



THi; AOTIIUU FALLS IN LOVK. 



Time rolled awiiy in the agreeable 

 !»oeietv of the Chief atnl his amiable 

 I:vlv, lf>'j:eth(T with the very fme yonn>f 

 Hien who composed the ollieers hcioni!:- 

 ins to the expedition and to the port. 

 } felt nnxions to pet away from the 

 tM<r|irtiial conrse of balls, rontes, 

 niinners, and masfpierades, as also from 

 »!)(• net into which I felt myself drawn. 

 J'lMt, however nnich the chief felt in- 

 i«liiied In fjrant me ihe means of depart- 

 iiii.'-, it was impossible nnt I the cxpe- 

 tliljiin hail {jnitlcd Ihe bay: only one 

 1-.OSI could he sent, and that I (tcsircd 

 to -.tccompany. 'J'wo months passed i>i 

 tliis manner before the ('xpedilion de- 

 i.;iileil, when I was left to the free <■!!- 

 ji\ni' III of a l>i^si;)ii which was trowucii 



roze'n Sea and Kamtcha/ka. 



with the reward of marriage ; — «r» 

 niiicli then for my travel Icrshij). How- 

 ever, I had no alternative, and the day 

 that Captain Vassilirll" left the harlxuir 

 of St. I'cter and St. PanP.--, I put Ihe 

 question. l\Jy airy phantoms, my bold 

 (lesires, and my eccentric turn, beinj; 

 thus dissipated by one woman, I pre- 

 |iarcd to make a tonr of the peninsula, 

 licforc I led my intended bride to the 

 altar. 



BOLCIII RHTZK. 



Enlchcrctzk stands on the river of 

 its own name, a!>ont lifl<-en mih's Iroin 

 the sea of Okotsk, and has little li.» 

 boast of at present but the alfectionato 

 remembranoc the iriltabilanls bear tf> 

 the munory of IMajor IJihin, so hiirhly 

 spoken of by Captain Kiii!^. I heard, 

 also, stranE;e stories of the O/elcbratcil 

 rJenjofsky, who made his escape hence 

 to Canton, liavinu; pr/vioiisly nnirdcred 

 some people and foi'ieni'd an insinrec- 

 tion. I heard notliiiij; in his favour, 

 allliongh an old lady, afterwards my 

 aunt, was a companion of his. I found 

 Uolcheretzk to be inhabited by a civil 

 people, all llussians: but, were it 

 otherwise it miu^ht l>e cxj>'Cled 1 should 

 speak highly of if, as tlie first plainer 

 where my wife saw the li^'ht of day. 



1 could not fail of beinir a wclconu; 

 pnesl at such a place, where neither 

 tobacco, lea, nor spirits, had been tasted 

 for the last tlireo months hy any iudi- 

 viiliial. Of course I left a smalt 

 fpiaiitiiy of each article wilh my fi lends, 

 makiiii; them, as it were, roll in liiMirics ; 

 ill riMnrn for whieh, I received several 

 sables and foxes as jiresi-nls, 'I'hf! 

 state of the river was such as to prevent 

 my proccedinj; upon my journey in less 

 than two davs, whirl) perioil 1 passed 

 >erj' happily, waiideriiiii" over the ex- 

 tensive site of this ancient pla«'o : it is 

 said to have formerly c<iiiJ;iined to the 

 number of fixe hundred inhabitant."?, 

 w hii h iiave been reduced partly by tlio 

 removal of the seat of governinciil, and 

 partly by disease. 



MOUNTAINS OF KAMTCHATKA. 



At iSedaiika we procured dotrs to 

 enable us ti> cross tin- mountains to (ho 

 next station, a distance of one hundred 

 miles. I'Airly in the morninjj we passed 

 the camp of the Koriaks, anil continued 

 our route aloiiji: the Scdanka river for 

 forty miles, when we reached the 

 Rasoslina. U'e eni'arnped for the 

 ni;;ht in the snow, the ilop;s round us, 

 and then the fire; we passed, on tlio 

 whole, a pl^-asant ni'iht, althoii<.»li my 

 Ictt wcie blill in a bad state, ow in'.? pro- 

 bably 



