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and they pointed out to me the direction of the 

 supposed land, which I resolved to look for, in 

 S.W. ^ W. The settlement of the Company here 

 is much more considerable than that in Georo-ia. 

 There are about two hundred Aleutians under four 

 Russian directors, who are likewise sent from Oona- 

 lashka, as the island had no native inhabitants. The 

 land is much lower than in Georgia, and we al- 

 ready found many flowers. The shores here are 

 covered with sea-cats, as those of Georgia with 

 sea-lions, of which there are none here. The 

 Company draws its most considerable profits from 

 the first, on which account the agent, who is chief 

 of both islands, resides on this. Kadu, whom I 

 always took with me on shore, was uncommonly 

 delighted at the w^arfare of these animals, and 

 made such comical gesticulations, sometimes from 

 astonishment and sometimes from fear, that we 

 could not help laughing heartily at him. 



At noon we reached the Rurick, left St. Paul 

 with fair weather and east wind, and directed our 

 course to S.W., to discover, if possible, the land 

 descried. 



The latitude of the little Sea- 

 Otter Island we found to be - 57° 9! ly N. 

 The longitude, according to the 



chronometers - - I70 10 35 W. 



The 4th of July, at noon, we were, according to 

 a good observation, in latitude 5&' 30' 32"' 5 longi- 

 tude, according to the chronometers, 1 72" 2' 37". 



