27^ FROM KOTZEBUK S SOUND 



According to my instructions, I was to go from 

 Oonalashka to the Sandwich islands, that my crew 

 might liave some time to recover themselves from 

 their previous hardships, and that I might supply 

 myself with fresh provision for the approaching 

 voyage to the South Sea. This plan v/ould certainly 

 have been good, if I could with confidence depend 

 on getting them there ; but, according to the news 

 which all the American captains gave me of the 

 Sandwich islands, this was not to be hoped for. 

 Not to come into any embarrassment of this kind, 

 I resolved to sail to California, to give my crew 

 some weeks* rest at tlie beautiful harbour of 

 St. Francisco, while the ship was being repaired, 

 and supplied with provisions and wood, and from 

 thence to make only a short visit to the Sandwich 

 islands. 



I could not stay long at Oonalashka, as the na- 

 vigation is very dangerous at a later season of the 

 year, on account of the violent storms. I there- 

 fore ordered that our stock of water should be 

 taken in as speedily as possible, that we might con- 

 tinue our voyage. In the mean time, I had drawn 

 up a list of all I should want the next year, which 

 I delivered to the agent of the American Com- 

 pany, who, by the command of the directors at 

 St. Petersburg, was bound to supply them. They 

 were as follows : 



1st. One baydare of twenty-four oars; two for 

 one person, and two for three persons. '2. To 



