292 JOURNAL OF THE "ST. PAUL" 



from 60 to 62 fathoms. Observed many ducks and gulls of different 

 species, also sea animals — whales, sea lions, and walrus. 



At the ninth hour in the morning the cape to which Trubitsin was sent 

 bore S by E^E, distant three knots. About the middle of the hour 

 [ninth] we sighted on the rhumb E by S%E, distant six knots, three small 

 islets^ close to one another and right up against the shore or very close 

 to it, for we could not see clearly because of the fog. At end of the tenth 

 hour land^ loomed up through the fog on the rhumb N by E>^E or 

 almost ENE, but the fog came down again and hid it. We took sound- 

 ings, no bottom. Proceeded on our course. 



At noon^ we caught sight through the fog of a very mountainous land 

 on the rhumb N^E, distant not more than three knots, which stretched 

 from NW>^W to SEXrC. We sailed parallel to it, keeping it on the east 

 from three to five knots. 



July 17, 1741 



JLatitude by observation 57° 39'; from Vaua, longitude 58° 54' 2", 

 rhumb N82°43'E, distance 2,059 knots. 



About the middle of the sixth hour in the afternoon the fog began to 

 clear and we caught sight of the coast parallel to which we were running. 

 At the seventh hour we took soundings, depth 75 fathoms. At the tenth 

 hour in the morning lowered the boat for the purpose of sending it 

 ashore. From the first to the ninth hour in the afternoon we went 

 parallel to the shore, having it to the east of us about three or four knots 

 distant. The land was full of mountains, some covered with snow and all 

 with trees. At the eighth hour in the evening the coast seemed to end^ 

 in N^E, distant 8 knots; and in its place appeared low land with sea 

 cliffs, with the high mountains receding in the background. At the ninth 

 hour in the morning the coast parallel to which we were sailing ended' 

 in NNWKW, distant 30 knots. Behind us there was a cape^" in SE 

 by S^E, distant 45 knots. 



At noon^'^ the cape which we saw at the ninth hour in NNW^W {sic^, 

 distant 30 knots, is now on that same rhumb, distant 19 knots. 



July 18, 1741 



At 3:30 in the afternoon we went as close to the shore as we dared. 

 We sent the boat ashore in charge of Fleet Master Dementiev who had 

 with him ten armed men. He took with him a hand compass, a small 

 lead, two empty water casks, a grapnel, and a cable. He had written 



^ Hazy Islands. 



^ Cape Ommaney. 



^ Close to Puffin Point, just north of Cape Ommaney. 



8 The south shores of Sitka Sound. 



9 Cape Cross. 



'° Cape Edgecumbe. 



11 At noon the .S^ Paul was off Cape Edward. 



