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The horizon was clear, the weather serene, and a 

 faint wind from north ; the island of St. Paul lay 

 sixty miles distant from us, and we looked about in 

 vain for the new island, which, if it really existed, 

 could not have escaped our observation. Till five 

 o'clock I continued the same course, but when we 

 could not find any land there, I steered north, to 

 the eastern point of St. Lawrence Island. The 

 pain in my breast had continued to grow more 

 violent, but I still hoped to be able to execute 

 my design. 



The 10th. At five o'clock in the morning the 

 south-easterly part of St. Lawrence Island was seen 

 from the mast-head N. by W. The land showed 

 itself to us in two small hills, and was distant from 

 us twenty miles. At mid-day it lay to the north 

 of us, at the distance of nine miles, and after we 

 had sailed round a promontory which projected 

 from S.E., and had discovered, in a low spot on the 

 shore, some habitations consisting of tents and huts, 

 I steered thither in order to acquaint myself with 

 its inhabitants. At five o'clock we cast anchor, 

 two miles distant from the village, in four fathoms 

 and a half depth, over a stony bottom. When our 

 boats were put into the water, we saw through 

 our telescopes some people, loaded with bag- 

 gage, fieeing from their habitations into the 

 mountains, and others arming themselves with 

 lances for our arrival. On the landing-place, 

 when we came, we found twenty tall and robust 



