Explanatory Note 



The present translation, as previously stated (p. ix), was made from 

 the journal as published by Pallas in 1793. The wording of the manu- 

 script copy of the journal located in 191 7, wherever it differs essentially 

 from the published version, is indicated in footnotes. 



The manuscript copy of the journal located in 191 7 is referred to 

 throughout as "the MS;" the 1793 edition, as "the published version," 

 "Pallas edition," etc. 



In paragraphing and in the separation of sentences within a paragraph 

 by a dash the present translation follows the published version. 



Interpolations by the translator are indicated by brackets [ ]. The 

 parentheses ( ) used occur in the published version. 



Transliteration from the Russian has been made directly from the 

 Russian words and names themselves and essentially according to the 

 Library of Congress system. This accounts for the differences from the 

 spellings used by Steller and Pallas, which are transliterations into 

 German and which are in addition sometimes based on Russian pro- 

 nunciation and not spelling. 



Kamchadal and other native words have been spelled so as to re- 

 produce in English the pronunciation indicated by the German or 

 Russian-through-German transliteration used in the journal. 



All dates in the journal itself are Old Style; in 1 741-1742 they were 

 eleven days behind the Gregorian calendar. 



Publications not cited in full in the footnotes can be identified in the 

 Bibhography of Vol. i or Vol. 2; the location of these entries can be 

 determined through the index, under the author's name or otherwise. 



Asterisk footnotes are footnotes by Pallas in the published version. 

 Unsigned footnotes dealing with variants of the MS from the published 

 version and footnotes followed by (S) are by Dr. Stejneger; footnotes 

 followed by (B) are by the late Dr. A. H. Brooks of the U.S. Geological 

 Survey; by (G), by Dr. Golder; by (J), by the editor. 



Units of Measure and Weight Used in the Journal 

 I arshin (Russian ell) = 28 inches (Engl.) = 71.19 centimeters 

 I sazhen (land fathom, for measuring length) = 7 feet (Engl.) = 2.1336 



meters 

 I sea fathom (for measuring depth ) = 6 feet (Engl.) = 1.8287 meters 

 I verst = 0.6629 English statute mile ( ^ mile in round numbers) = 

 1.0668 kilometers 



3 arshins = I sazhen 

 500 sazhens = i verst 

 I German, or Dutch, mile = 4 nautical miles = 4.6106 English statute 

 miles = 7.4204 kilometers 



15 German miles =1° 

 I Russian pound = 0.903 pounds avoirdupois = 0.4095 kilograms 

 I pood (pud) = 36.113 pounds avoirdupois — 16.38 kilograms 

 40 Russian pounds = i pood 



