262 LOG BOOK OF THE HOOKER "ST. PETER" 



^ September i, 1742. After Midday 



138 The cedar in question is, according to Dr. Stejneger, the Pinus cembra, the pros- 

 trate nut pine. Krasheninnikov (History of Kamchatka, Russian edit., St. Petersburg, 

 1755, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193) says: "This tree differs from the regular cedar in that it is 

 smaller and does not grow straight but creeps along the ground, and for that reason it is 

 called slanet'i. It is a valuable remedy for scurvy." 



Cook refers to it: "One of these [cedars] grows upon the coast. . . It was of this 

 sort we made our essence for beer, and found it excellent for the purpose. . . We were 

 told by the old Toion [chief] at St. Peter and St. Paul that Beering, during the time he lay 

 in that harbour, first taught them the use of the decoction of these pines and that it had 

 proved a most excellent remedy for the scurvy." (James Cook: A Voyage to the Pacific 

 Ocean, London, 1784, Vol. 3, pp. 3Z2-ZZ3) 



