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August. Mr. Anderson, my surgeon, who had been linger- 

 ing under a consumption for more than twelve months, 

 expired between three and four this afternoon. He was a 

 sensible young man, an agreeable companion, well skilled in 

 his own profession, and had acquired considerable know- 

 ledge in other branches of science. The reader of this 

 journal will have observed how useful an assistant I had 

 found him in the course of the voyage ; and, had it pleased 

 God to have spared his life, the public, I make no doubt, 

 might have received from him such communications, on 

 various parts of the natural history of the several places 

 we visited, as would have abundantly shewn that he was 

 not unworthy of this commendation. Soon after he had 

 breathed his last, land was seen to the westward, twelve 

 leagues distant. It was supposed to be an island and to 

 perpetuate the memory of the deceased, for whom I had a 

 very great regard, I named it Anderson's Island. 



" At ten in the morning of the 5th, with the wind at 

 S.W., we ran down and anchored between an island and 

 the continent in seven fathoms water. This island, which 

 was named Sledge Island, is about four leagues in circuit. 

 I landed here, but saw neither shrub nor tree, either upon 

 the island or on the continent. That people had lately 

 been On the island was evident, from the marks of their 

 feet. We found, near where we landed, a sledge, which 

 occasioned ^this name being given to the island. It seemed 

 to be such an one as the Russians in Kamtschatka make 

 use of over the ice or snow. It was ten feet long, twenty 

 inches broad, and had a kind of rail work on each side, 

 and was shod with bone. The construction of it was 

 admirable, and all the parts neatly put together. 



" After several observations from the 6th to the 9th, I 

 was satisfied that the whole was a continued coast. I 

 tacked and stood away for its north-west part, and came to 

 an anchor near a point of land, which I named Cape Prince 

 of Wales. It is the western extremity of all America 

 hitherto known. 



" At daybreak in the morning of the 10th, we resumed 

 our course to the west, and about ten o'clock we anchored 

 in a large bay, two miles from the shore. 



" As we were standing into this bay we perceived the 

 north shore, a village, and some people, whom the sight of 

 the ships seemed to have thrown into confusion or fear. At 

 these habitations I proposed to land, and accordingly went, 

 with three armed boats, accompanied with some of the 

 officers. About thirty or forty men, each armed with a 

 spontoon, a bow and arrows, stood drawn up on a rising 

 ground close by the village. As we drew near, three of them 



