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old ftyic, they took their departure from Bengal, in 

 the 23d degree of north latitude, and on the 16th of 

 April failed from Malakka to Kanton, where they ar- 

 rived on the 29th of May ; that on the 28th of July 

 they left that place, and entered the Peter- Paul's har- 

 bour on the 9th of Auguft. There were three englifh 

 and one portugueze officer on board the fhip ; the fai- 

 lors were Englifh, Jews, Negroes, and Chinefes, in 

 all 70 men. It was a fine ftrong-built vefTel, of two 

 rnafts, 28 fails, and 12 cannons on the deck. 



I was very fumptuoufly entertained on board ; and, 

 after fupper, the captain, William Peters, with fome 

 of the officers, attended me on fhore. On the 25th 

 came hither the commandant of Kamtfhatka, Baron 

 Stengel ; on the 26th and zjth all agreed, that in re- 

 gard to the cuffom-houfe duties, the Englifh would 

 pay, without contradiction, whatever the government 

 Ihould pleafe to determine thereupon ; and now the 

 traffic began. On the 28th it was fettled by mutual 

 concert, what commodities fhould in future be 

 brought to Kamtfhatka, what fhould be bartered 

 againft them, and at what price. The following day I 

 too managed my commerce, taking goods of them to 

 the amount of 661 1 roubles ; of which I paid 1000 rou- 

 bles in hard cafh, and the remainder in bills on Mofco. 

 On the 3d I left Petropavloffki, and came on the 8th 

 of September to Bolfheretfk, where I had the good for- 

 tune of immediately felling my goods at a profit of 50 

 per cent. 



The 1 2th of September I went from Boliheretfk, 

 down the Tigillkoi coaft to the fort Tigil, which I 

 reached the 6th of October. From thence I fet out on 



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