PREPARATIONS FOR SAILING 49 



June 3, 1741 



At one o'clock the wind is SSE. At two o'clock we sent our boat ashore 

 for water. At six o'clock we saw a ship under sail in the S heading for 

 Avacha Bay, which proved to be the double sloop Nadezhda coming from 

 the mouth of the Bolshaya River. At nine o'clock the wind was SE; 

 our boat returned with water. At eleven o'clock we put out a lighted 

 lantern at the gaff for the benefit of the above-mentioned ship. At two 

 o'clock we took down the lantern. At eleven in the morning the Nadezhda 

 entered Avacha Bay and fired five guns as a salute, we replied with three; 

 when she had come abreast, those on board gave three cheers for the 

 Captain Commander, and we returned the compliment by three cheers, 

 and then they gave three more. At twelve o'clock the double sloop came 

 to anchor astern of us, and the navigator Ptichev came aboard our ship 

 to make a report to the Captain Commander, after which he left. At one 

 o'clock topgallantsail NE by S wind. 



June 4, 1741 

 At seven o'clock the double sloop weighed anchor and sailed into the 

 Harbor of St. Peter and St. Paul. At one o'clock calm. At two o'clock 

 we had the anchor apeak and beat nearer towards the mouth; at four 

 o'clock a gentle NW wind; we put up the fore-topsail and fore-topmast- 

 staysail and steered for the mouth. St. Paul did likewise. At five o'clock 

 the wind is WNW; we hauled up the two topsails and were being towed 

 SE by S. The strong tide was the only obstacle to our going out, and we 

 were, therefore, compelled to warp SE by E with the anchor in 13 

 fathoms. At eight o'clock set the sails and were towed SE by E into 8, 

 9, 10, 12, 14 fathoms. Lighthouse Vaua bore N/^E, Vilyuchensk Volcano 

 [SWK"W?], depth of water 30 fathoms. At twelve o'clock Vaua Light- 

 house bore NW by NKW, 2K rniles, Vilyuchensk Volcano WSW, Burn- 

 ing Volcano NKW, Isopa Point S by W; carrying all sails except the 

 spritsail.^ 



^ Yushin's journal gives these bearings: Vaua Lighthouse NW!^N [the same as 

 Khitrcv's NW by NKW|, distant about 2% German miles [15 German miles to a 

 degree], Vilyuchensk Volcano WSW, Burning Volcano NKW, Isopa Cape S by W, 

 about 9 German miles. 



Vaua Lighthouse was located on Lighthouse (Mayachni) Cape at the entrance of 

 Avacha Bay. Vilyuchensk Volcano is south of Avacha Bay and about three or four 

 miles from the shore. North of Avacha are three volcanoes close together. According 

 to Steller ("Beschreibung von dem Lande Kamtschatka," Frankfort and Leipzig, 1774, 

 p. 44) the most northwesterly of the three was called Strelechnaya, the one next to it 

 Gorelaya (Burning), and the third had no name. After reading the various descriptions 

 of Kamchatka and the log books of the navigators one is forced to conclude that there 

 was a great deal of confusion on the subject. Strelechnaya Volcano was sometimes called 

 Koryatskaya, Burning Volcano was also known as Avacha Volcano, and occasionally 

 one of the last two names was given to the third volcano, which was not supposed to 

 have a name. At the present time the names given to these mountains are: Koryatskaya, 

 Avacha, and Kozelskaya. 



The term Isopa disappeared from the maps and the books soon after Bering's time. 

 Isopa Cape, or Hook, judging from Steller's description ("Beschreibung," etc., p. 18) and 

 from early charts, is no other than Povorotni Cape of modem maps. (Mayachni Cape 

 and the Harbor of St. Peter and St. Paul, or, in its modern form, Petropavlovsk, may 

 be located on PI. I in the inset of Avacha Bay; Vilyuchensk [Vilyuchin] and Koryatskaya 

 Volcanoes, on the main map of PI. I.) 



