BERING^S FIRST EXPEDITION^. 41 



After having passed East Cape on the 14th of August, 

 he no longer sailed along the coast. On that day 

 at noon they still saw land astern, and three hours 

 later, high mountains, but during the succeeding forty- 

 eight hours land was seen neither to the east nor the 

 west. 



As we have seen, the journal gives the turning point 

 as 4° 44' east of Cape Chukotskoi, and Dr. Campbell 

 gives another series of astronomical determinations, sent 

 by Bering from Kamchatka to the Senate in St. Peters- 

 burg, and these show in a striking way that the turning 

 point was east of the northeastern corner of Asia. 



According to these :* 



The Island of St. Lawrence is 64° north latitude and 

 122° 55' east of Tobolsk. 



The Island of Diomede is (j6° north latitude and 125° 

 42' east of Tobolsk. 



The turning point, 67° 18' north latitude and 126° 7' 

 east of Tobolsk. 



Hence, Serdze Kamen (67° 3' north latitude and 188° 

 11' east of Greenwich), as Berchf expressly remarks, must 

 have Iain more than four degrees west of the turning 

 point. That this must have been so appears also from 

 the course of the vessel on its return, west southwest, 

 which would have been impossible, if the Gabriel had 

 been near the north coast, intending to return through 

 the strait. Among recent writers. Von BaerJ alone criti- 

 cally calls attention to these facts, without, however, 

 thoroughly investigating the case. This I shall now 

 attempt to do. 



* Note 20. t Note 21. % Note 22. 



