AT ANCHOR OFF SHUIMAGINS 89 



east a violent squall, the third anchor was also kept ready in 

 case one of the other two [cables] should break. But, God be 

 thanked, the wind shortly afterwards shifted to the southwest, 

 from which quarter we lay sheltered, and became more quiet, 

 but the boat remained ashore over night. 



During the entire day on September 3 the weather was un- 

 commonly pleasant and quiet. The wind continued south- 

 westerly. In addition to this we had towards morning the 

 further satisfaction of getting the boat with Master Khitrov 

 and all the rest of our men aboard again without losing a man. 

 The little yawl, however, was left on the island on purpose; a 

 hawser ^^^ out of forgetfulness, besides a few other objects as 

 souvenirs ;2oo however, constable Roselius brought back with 

 him all the guns, powder, and lead entrusted to him. 



We immediately weighed both anchors and with a southwest 

 wind turned around the rock^oi as far as the outermost island 202 

 situated to the southeast, because we could not get out of the 

 bay into the sea in a southerly direction. Master Khitrov,203 

 who had become uncommonly happy because of his deliverance 

 and jolly over his welcome, took the lead in hand and at the 

 first attempt left it on the bottom of the sea, which incident the 

 common sailors interpreted as an evil omen and called to mind 



199 The printed German text has here the word "Pierleine." It does 

 not occur in the MS. There is no such word in the German language. 

 It is evidently a direct rendering of the Russian perlin, which means 

 "hawser, warp, towHne, small cable, or cablet," again a foreign word 

 borrowed from the Danish perllhie. Many of the naval officers of Peter 

 the Great, Bering among them, were Danes. (S) 



200 The sentence up to this point in the MS reads: "The little yawl as 

 well as a few needed objects were without any necessity left behind on 

 land as souvenirs." The rest of the sentence as given in the printed text 

 does not occur in the MS. 



201 i.e. rocky islet (see, in the journal, the description to which foot- 

 note 159, above, refers), namely Near Island. 



2C2 Bird Island. For the track of the St. Peter see Khitrov's sketch map 

 (Fig. 12), adjusting the relations to the correct outlines as shown on the 

 modern map (Fig. 13). 



203 The MS reads: "who, with the rest, had become" etc. 



