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times dressed as a pudding, and at others as a 

 sauce. The dish was considered the most elegant, 

 when treacle was poured over it, though the fourth 

 part consisted of sea-water, which richly imparted 

 to it its salt, bitter taste. We received the treacle 

 from Oonalashka and St. Paul, from the agent, who 

 had it from China, where it is brought by ships 

 from the united states of America. I could not 

 learn who it was that first thought of mixing sea- 

 water with the treacle ; but he probably found an 

 advantage in it : we, however, experienced its 

 bad effects, by a swelling of the stomach. 



The want of fresh provisions, and the bad state 

 of the Rurick, which was in absolute need of re- 

 pair, would not allow me to return through Torres* 

 Strait, as my instructions prescribed ; I therefore 

 resolved to go to Manilla, where I hoped to find all 

 we stood in need of. To make this voyage useful, 

 1 intended to call at the Sandwich islands, to take 

 in plants, and domestic animals, and bring them to 

 the inhabitants of Radack, and thus do a service, 

 not only to them, but to such navigators as may 

 in future visit those islands. While I was at 

 Radack, I proposed to employ some time in ex- 

 amining the Ralick chain, and then take my course 

 to the Ladrones ; for in this ocean, strewed with 

 dangerous islands, many new discoveries might be 

 expected. 



Before I quit Oonalashka, I will communicate 

 M. Kriukof 's account of the island, which rose 



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