182 FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS 



The 18th of August, at ten o'clock in the 

 morning, with fine weather and a S. W. wind, I 

 left Oonalashka for the third time. Kadu, on 

 hearing that we were going to Radack, was greatly 

 delighted, and from the moment he learnt it, laid 

 up a collection of old rusty nails and useless pieces 

 of iron ; on the shore he collected stones, which 

 appeared to him good for whetting : in short, he 

 did all he was able to be of service to his friends. 

 But he was still fully resolved on no account to 

 stay there : Petersburg seemed to him too attrac- 

 tive.- The great quantity of iron which we carried 

 as ballast on board the ship, appeared to him to in- 

 dicate immense riches : when it was unloaded at 

 Oonalashka, he could scarcely trust his eyes. I left 

 a part of the iron with the company, as they were in 

 great want of it there. I also supphed them with to- 

 bacco, which is to them a very important article, as 

 the Aleutians will undertake nothing without chew- 

 ing this herb. I farther undertook to convey from 

 here to St. Petersburg several hundred Morse- 

 teeth, to prove to the Company, how much I 

 wished to show my gratitude for the kind recep- 

 tion I met with in its colonies. 



At noon, we were already out of the bay, which 

 forms the entrance of the harbour. A number of 

 whales surrounded us, which threw themselves high 

 in the air, and then sunk down with a dreadful 

 noise, by which the water was daslied about in 

 foam. It is scarcely credible, that such an enor- 



