32 VITUS BERING. 



August 9, Cape Chukotskoi was doubled, an import- 

 ant event in the history of this expedition, — an event 

 which Miiller, in order to make results fit into his frame, 

 has not even mentioned. The name, it is true, is not 

 found in the journal, but it appears on Bering's chart in 

 Du Halde's work, which Miiller knew. Bering deter- 

 mined the southern extremity of the cape to be 64° 

 18', Cook 64° 13'. 



August 11, the weather was calm and cloudy. At 

 2 o'clock in the afternoon, they saw an island toward the 

 southeast, which Bering, in honor of the day, called St. 

 Lawrence. At noon the latitude was found to be 64° 

 20', and hence the Gabriel was in the strait between 

 Asia and America. 



August 12, there was a light breeze and cloudy weather. 

 On this day they sailed sixty-nine miles, but the differ- 

 ence in latitude was only 29'. At sunset the longi- 

 tude was computed by the aid of the variation of the 

 needle to be 25° 31' east of the lower Kamchatka fort, 

 or 187° 21' east of Greenwich. 



August 13, a fresh breeze and cloudy. Bering sailed 

 during the whole day with land in sight, and the differ- 

 ence in latitude was only 78'. 



August 14, weather calm and cloudy. They sailed 29 

 miles + 8f miles for the current. The course of the 

 current was from south southeast to north northwest. 

 At noon the latitude was 66° 41' when they saw high 

 land astern, and three hours later high mountains. (East 

 Cape is 66° 6' N. lat. and 190^^ 21' east of Greenwich.) 



August 15, gentle wind, cloudy weather. From noon 

 until 3 o'clock Bering sailed to the northeast, and after 



