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island of Capeniur. According to the statement 

 of the savages, the group of Udirick lay north from 

 this place, at the distance of a day's voyage ; and I 

 did not doubt a moment that it was the islands of 

 Kutusoff and Suvvaroff, discovered by us last year, 

 which, to judge from our longitude, must lie there- 

 abouts. Kadu went with us on board ; the island- 

 ers accompanied us in their canoes, filled with 

 cocoa-nuts, which they offered us, without desiring 

 any thing in return. On account of the scarcity 

 of fruit among them, I was much moved at this 

 generosity and disinterestedness, and richly re- 

 warded them with iron. 



After a good observation, we found the latitude 

 of our anchoring-place 10° 13' 7"; longitude, ac- 

 cording to the chronometers, 188° 58' 33'". 



On the 4th of March, at day-break, the sails were 

 hoisted, and we took our course north, along the 

 chain to the island of Capeniur, which being detain- 

 ed by many coral banks, we did not reach till nine 

 P.M. evening. We lay distant from it fifty fathoms, 

 protected against the wind ; and in this convenient 

 anchorage I resolved to remain for several days, 

 to have the sails and cordage repaired, as the 

 Rurick would soon be obliged to go into the tem- 

 pestuous ocean, where, at this season of the year, 

 we had to expect many storms. The greatest 

 depth in the whole group was twenty fathoms : 

 in our anchoring-place we had only six fathoms; 

 the bottom consisted of white clay ; a circumstance 



