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hundred and thirty-three men, and in 1762 to 1763, expeditions 
winte 
e Some of the records in regard to the above a 
1050 The Extermination of the Great Northern Sea-Cow, (Dec. 
records are very defective, and it is extremely probable that 
many more of the expeditions which left Kamtschatka in order 
to hunt and trade on the Aleutian Islands and in America 
stopped at Bering Island, as was the usual custom; but we shall 
only enumerate those of which the records expressly say that 
they wintered there. The number of men employed on the 
vessels is not givén in all instances, but,.as it varies between 
thirty and fifty, I have estimated it to be thirty in most cases of 
which we have no definite record. In the few instances in which 
the length of time spent on the island is not given I have esti- 
mated it to be eight months, which is shorter than the shortest 
time actually recorded: 
-~ Winter. or — of} Men. Months. Remarks. 
Vessel. . 
1743~-1744..| Basoff.......... (30) | (8) Numbers in parentheses anes aan : 
1745-1746..| Basoff..........| (30) 12 Months, only approximate shat 
1747-1748..| Kholodiloff.... . 50 9 (There is some ancertiin x 
1748-1749..| Bakhoff....... (30) II the time Yugoff spent on pind 
1749-1750! Tolstykh...... 50 8% sland. He is said to have pa: 
1751-175 ff tered from 1751 to 1754 ad 
1752-1753, YUBO.. osse 26 (16) g pper rope 2 
1753-1754..| Kholodiloff... 10 thirty-two months. È 
1754-1755..| Drushinin....| a (8 probable that he spent mehr 7 
1754-1755 RCH cess ( pi, B |. half of this time on Bering : 
1754-1755..| Krassilnikoff.| (30) 9% 3 
1754-1755..| Jakovleff...... 33 (6) These four men belonging to Dru- 
1755-1756 ea Vashi: shinin’s crew were left behind, 
6- oo Krassilnikoff’s crew and ~~ ie 
1756-1757..| Krassilnikoff.| (34) (8) Drushinin’s. a 
1756-1757..| Tolstykh...... 38 9 i 
1757-1758..| Shilkin........ 39 (8) : 
1758-1759..| Paikoff....... 45 9% [> i 
761..| Tolstykh...... (38) | 8% a 
- ¥762~1763..| Korovin ...... | 9 ~ 
1762-1763..| Medvedeff....| 45 oy 
pa 
It will be seen that there wintered in 1754 to 17 55. abori pi 
In addition to the above, we know of a number of 1 by 
intering on Copper Island, and many more which on? 
the Commander Islands on their way east. Besides, hor 
were there of which we know nothing? And yet + 
Nordenskiöld imagines that these islands “ have been ver: 
visited by hunters since Steller’s day,—1741” ! expeditions 8° 
