4 VOYAGE FROM GKHOTZK 



we may add the roots kutarganoe and farana*, as ufe~ 

 ful to the fupport of life. 



The winter was long and fevere ; the winds moftly 

 from the north or eaft ; fnow and fleet almoft every 

 day, , 



As the failors could not be kept from the fcurvy, it 

 was necefTary to think of remedies ; accordingly when 

 it friowed:, they went about the fea-fhore, and on clear 

 days, on ; fnow-fhoes,. to the mountains farther off. 



On the line we drew there we found the deviation of 

 the magnetic needle to be 1 1 rhomb to the eaft. 



On the 1 ! 6th of June, 1784, we left this iflancl - T and 

 I appointed, in cafe of a feparation, Unalafhka> one 

 of the Fbx-iflands, for our place of rendezvous. But,, 

 in ordex that the third vefTel, which had ftrayed from 

 the two firft, might be informed of this our agreement;, 

 "and.fo b& enabled to follow us thither, I took care to 

 leave a letter on Bering's, ifland for it. We were de- 

 tained till the igth; the wind being fometimes flack 

 and fometimes contrary, when we very tediouily got 

 again on board : on the 19th, during a thick fog, we 

 loft fight of the St. Simeon. On the 20th, one of our 

 veflels brought to at the Copper- ifland ; here wa 

 took in frefh water and fome fleih of fea-bears ; on the 

 a^dy we again fet fail. The 6th of July we came to 



* From Kratcheninikof's defcrrption of Kamtchatka we learn 

 that the farana is a fpecies of lily, lilium iiore atro rubente, with 

 a dark red flower, which at the beginning of ftimmer is^ound in 

 Kamtchatka growing wild in the fields, and from the dried roots, 

 whereof the Kamtchadales prepare a fort of grift or meal ; which,, 

 mixed with bramble-berries aad cranberries, is £aid to have a very 

 agreeable tafle. 



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