LANDING IN LISIANSKI STRAIT 293 



orders; and among other things he was told to make for the opening " 

 which seemed to us a bay and to take its bearings. The position of the 

 bay and other details relating to it are recorded in their places so that 

 it can be more easily identified. 



At the eighth hour in the afternoon we sighted a low shore in N by 

 E^E, distant 7 knots, which stretched to SE and SE by E. The bear- 

 ings of the place into which the boat was sent we did not see. 



At the beginning of the fifth hour in the afternoon the second mountain, 

 behind which is another broad mountain covered with snow, is in NE^E; 

 the bay into which the boat was ordered bears NNEJ^E, distant 5 

 knots. There is still another mountain with a sharp peak, somewhat 

 crooked on the right side; and, when you look at it, it is in ENE^E; 

 opposite, or a little south of it, is a small island or a piece of rather low 

 land covered with medium-sized trees. North of this island and opposite 

 the bay were seen in places projections of bare rocks. 



At the end of the day we saw high snow-covered mountains extending 

 to the northward and ending in NW by N. 



According to the reckoning at 4:30 in the afternoon, taking into con- 

 sideration the bearing of the bay, we set down the position of the bay 

 into which the boat was sent as latitude 57° 23' N, longitude from Vaua 

 59° 36', distance 2,059 knots, rhumb N82°28'E; by correction the lati- 

 tude is 57 50', longitude 58°54'- 



From this place we again started a new reckoning, because for some 

 time after July 17 we beat up and down the bay so as not to get too far 

 from it; but the strong winds and tides carried us out 20, 30, and more 

 knots. 



July 19, 1741 



At the third hour in the afternoon took the bearings cf a round, forested 

 volcano; below it was a low, thick, dark green forest on a white cliff in 

 NEJ<E; the white cliff was distant about 6 knots. Another volcano to 

 the left of it and smaller was in NE by N^E, some distance from shore; 

 a high bare cape covered with a clump of high trees in SSEJ^E, distant 

 12 knots. 



At the middle of the fifth hour in the afternoon we saw a mountain in 

 NE by N}<E, distant 30 knots, another in NNEJ<E, distant 32 knots; 

 after this we saw no more land to the north beyond the high mountain 

 which is in NJ<W, distant 30 knots; then the mountain was N by WJ<W, 

 distant 40 knots. From this hour we observed lower ground through the 

 cape in E by SKE, opposite which we supposed our boat had gone into 

 the bay. 



12 The St. Paul was off Lisianski Strait. 



