THE ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS. 91 



Tschitschagof. At sunset we stood off from land, 

 and tacked during the whole night under few 

 sails, with fine w^eather, and a moderate wind from 

 E.N.E. 



The 8th of February. — The south-east part of 

 the group Eregup lay before us at day-break in 

 N.W. ; we had to combat with a current from N. 

 during the night ; all the sails were spread j the 

 wind allowed a northern course, and, at seven 

 o'clock in the evening, we saw to the N. the high 

 islands of the group of Otdia, near which is Lage- 

 diack Strait : at the distance of three miles to the 

 left of us lay the group of Eregup. A good ob- 

 servation at noon gave us the latitude 9° 9' 49'' N., 

 longitude, according to the chronometers, 189° 51' 

 14". We found that the current had carried us, 

 since yesterday evening, six miles and three quar- 

 ters to the S. The whole day and night were 

 spent in tacking. 



On the 9th, we lost sight of Otdia; the weather 

 was serene, and we constantly tacked. In the fore- 

 noon, the moon appeared, and we immediately took 

 a number of distances between her and the sun, 

 from which the longitude was calculated, and re- 

 duced from noon, and gave 189° 20' 20". The 

 chronometers gave for noon 189° 26' 43" ; the lati- 

 tude, according to observation, was 8° 53' 16". 

 The current had carried us since yesterday at 

 noon, nine and a half miles to S.E. 28°, and on this 

 account we had not been able to reach the point 



