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broad, and very low, is not to be found on any 

 chart J and I hope, that our survey of the Aleutian 

 islands, and from these towards the east, as far as the 

 western coast of the island of Oonemack, is pretty 

 correct. We are much indebted to M. Saritschefi 

 he being the first who made a chart of the Aleutian 

 islands. 



When we were out of the bay, we took a north- 

 easterly course, to reach the channel between the 

 islands Oonemack and Akun, which is far the safest 

 passage into the ocean. Near it, on the 19th, in 

 the morning, the wind began to blow so violently 

 from N.E., that it detained us till the 20th in the 

 Strait, which we did not pass till towards evening, 

 when the wind veered to west. 



On the 21st, the wind blew high from the east, and 

 at eiglit o'clock, we clearly saw the two high moun- 

 tains on Oonemack, and the continent of Alashka : 

 the latter smoked very much. Some years ago 

 this volcano had a violent eruption, in consequence 

 of which its conical-shaped point fell in. The 

 noise caused by this was so dreadful, that in the 

 mountains of Oonalashka, though ten miles dis- 

 tant from it, it resembled thunder. During this ex- 

 plosion, the mountain threw up a number of balls, 

 of the size of a walnut, some of which are in my 

 possession, the chief ingredients in which are lava 

 and iron. 



On the 23d, the wind veered to the south, and 

 disappointed my hope of soon reaching the tropics. 



