QiyO FROM KOTZEBUE's SOUND 



On the 7th of September, a faint, but favourable 

 N. E. wind arose, of which we directly took advan- 

 tage, steering to IlliuliukHarbour, where the Ameri- 

 can Company has a settlement ; but we had scarcely 

 approached the entrance of the harbour, which is 

 surrounded by high mountains, when the wind en- 

 tirely fell. To cast anchor before the entrance is 

 impossible, as no bottom is found at a hundred 

 fathoms ; and the momentary gusts of wind, from 

 different directions, render it dangerous to run in, 

 as we might easily be driven on shore. In the mean 

 time, the news of the arrival of a ship in the har- 

 bour was made known, and the agent of the 

 American Company, M. Kriukof, approached us 

 with five large four-and-twenty-oared baydares, 

 to tow us into the harbour ; an attention which 

 we all gratefully acknowledged, as we should 

 otherwise not have been able to reach it to-day. 

 A great number of Aleutians, in their small single- 

 oared baydares, whom curiosity had attracted, 

 were to us a very singular sight. At one o'clock 

 in the afternoon we cast anchor in the eastern part 

 of Captain's Harbour, opposite to the village of 

 Illiuliuk. A ship lies here extremely secure, and 

 no better harbour could be found in the world, if 

 it were not for the difficulty of getting in and out. 

 M, Kriukof had a bath prepared after the Rus- 

 sian manner, in order to refresh us j and this na- 

 tional bath, which is indispensably necessary for 

 the Russians, after so long a voyage, was the more 



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