768 UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. 



eled there by sea. The Anadyr River was situated far to the southward, and all along the coast 

 lived people of the Chukchi nation ; they knew nothing of any others. The natives brought rein- 

 deer meat, fish, fresh water, red and Arctic foxes, and four walrus teeth, which they traded. This 

 day were sailed 37 miles ; the latitude was estimated to be G4° 20'. 



August 21, 1728. — Fresh wind and moderate weather. Sailed this day Kit) miles SW. \ "\Y\. 

 and at noon saw Preobrazhenia Bay, where they had anchored August 6, bearing N. by W. about 

 7 miles. 



August 22. — Fresh wind and moderate weather. An azimuth observation made the variation 

 20° easterly. Saw and named Cape Thaddeus (Navariu) at a distance of 25 miles .bearing W. by 

 S. This day sailed 142 miles and observed the latitude to be 61° 34'. 



August 23. — Calm and clear. By amplitude the variation of the compass was observed to be 

 1S° 40' easterly. The latitude was observed to be 61° 44', the difference between the reckoning 

 and observation being due to a current to the NE. by E. ; 35 miles were sailed this day. 



August 24. — Calm, clear weather. All day the shore was visible at about 15 miles distant. 

 The day's run was only 20 miles, and the variation of the compass 13° 53' easterly. 



August 25. — High winds and gloomy weather. The run was only 34 miles, and the observed 

 latitude 61° 20', differing widely from the reckoning. 



Atigust 26. — Clear, with a fresh breeze. The run was 105 miles, and the observed latitude 60° 

 18'; the calculated latitude 60° 22', and by amplitude and azimuth the variation was found to be 

 18° 32' and 18° 15', respectively. 



August 27. — Clear, with fresh wind. The vessel made 5 to 7 knots, and ouce, at night, knots 

 were reported. From midnight to the following noon the weather was thick with rain and no 

 observations were made. 



August 28, 1728. — Cloudy, with fresh wind. The day's run was 98 miles ; the observed latitude 

 57° 40', the reckoning 57° 49' ; the difference was ascribed to a SE. § E. current. 



August 29. — Calm and clear. The variation of the compass was 16° 27', the observed latitude 

 57° 35', and the day's run 54 miles. 



August 30. — Fresh wind and clear weather. The day's run was 100 miles. No laud had been 

 seen since the 24th instant. The estimated position was latitude 56° 33' and longitude 1° 38' E. 

 of the meridian of Lower Kamchatka. 



August 31. — High wind and dark weather. At 4 o'clock the coast was seen WSW. through 

 the fog at a distance of 3 miles or less. The direction of the land was SE. by S. and N. by W., 

 and the fore-topsail was furled, the fore and mainsails reefed, which was not soon or easily done, 

 owing to the strength of the wind. At this time the vessel was within half a mile of the shore, 

 which offered no shelter, being bold, rocky and high. Until 10 o'clock they worked against the 

 headwind to gain sea room. At 10 p. in. the fore and main halyards gave way aud the sails fell, 

 becoming entangled with the rigging. On account of the high sea the rigging could not be slack- 

 ened up. so they were obliged to let go the anchor in about 21 fathoms, a mile or less from the 

 shore. They worked with great difficulty to clear the rigging and repair damages until noon, when 

 they were ready to get under way again. The day's run was 32 miles to the SW. 



September 1, 1728. — Wind moderate, weather gloomy. At 1 o'clock Bering ordered the anchor 

 weighed. With much trouble they got in a few fathoms of the cable, when it parted and was lost. 

 Sail was made at once to the SSE. 



September 2. — Weather moderate and wind fresh. At 5 p. m. the vessel entered the Gulf of 

 Kamchatka, but on account of fog was unable to reach the mouth of the river until 7 a. m., when 

 they entered the river, furled all sail aud anchored the vessel securely. A current was noted off 

 the mouth of the river running 10 knots an hour to the SW. i S. 



[In the mouth of the river was anchored the old ship Fortuna from Okhotsk, but the journal 

 says nothing as to how she reached the river, or who commanded her on the voyage around the 

 peninsula of Kamchatka, which she was the first to make.] 



The winter was passed by Bering and his party at Lower Kamchatka without notable incident 

 except the announcement of the death of the Emperor Peter II, which news was received seventeen 

 months after the event. In the spring Bering put the two vessels into condition for service and 

 assigned to the Gabriel 35 men and 4 officers, and to the Fortuna 5 officers and 7 men, who are not 



