<il2 FROM KAMTSCHATKA 



longitude, according to the chronometers, l64° W 

 50'\ While we lay at anchor, the current always 

 ran a mile and a half in an hour, to the N. E. 

 The Americans left us with the setting of the sun. 

 We sailed during the night in an easterly direction, 

 while the increasing depth augmented our hopes. 

 I did not stir from deck during the whole night, 

 and awaited the dawn of morning with impa- 

 tience. 



August 2d. At day-break, our expectations 

 were at the highest pitch. I sent a sailor to the 

 mast-head, and he announced, that there was still 

 nothing but open sea to the east. We saw high 

 land in the north, which took its direction to the 

 east, and was a continuation of that which we ob- 

 served yesterday, to the north of our anchoring- 

 place. 



As we now saw low land in the south, the direc- 

 tion of which was likewise to the east, we could no 

 longer doubt, that we were really in a broad chan- 

 nel, at which our joy was indescribable, as we always 

 continued to see the open sea in the east before us. 

 We were obliged to tack, as the wind now turned 

 to the S. E. The weather was delightful, and at 

 noon we were in latitude 66° 35' 18", longitude 

 162° 19'. At five o'clock in the evening, we saw 

 land in several places, and our hopes rested now 

 on an open space, between high mountains. 



August the 3d. During the night, we reached 

 this place ; but, on account of the gloomy w^eather. 



