LANDING ON SHUMAGIN ISLANDS 145 



7/ September 3, 1741. After Midday 



89 Khitrov's journal: "I reported to the Captain Commander that while I was on 

 the island to which I was sent I saw a fireplace and many other signs of human beings 

 but no human beings themselves. I sighted the mainland back of the islands about 12 

 miles away." 



