VOYAGE FROM OKHOTZK 



fecpnd was called, The St. Simeon*, and St. Anna the 

 prophetefs ; the third, The St. Michael. With thefe 

 I failed, on the 16th of Auguft, 1783. from the mouth 

 of the river Ourak, falling into the fea of Okhotzk, 

 into the eaftern ocean, with a company of 192 work- 

 people-^. I myfelf was on board the firffc galleot, with 

 my wife, who was refolved to accompany me wherever 

 I went ; from which fhe was not to be deterred by the 

 reprefentation of all the toils and dangers fhe was likely 

 to undergo. In cafe the veffels fhould be difperfed by 

 contrary winds, I appointed the Bering's illand to be 

 the place of rendezvous. I had a variety of difficulties 

 to conquer previous to my departure. -However, on 

 the 30th of Auguft we reached the firft Kourilli illand ; 

 but a contrary wind obliged us to defer our landing till 



crn ocean, to the coaft of America, in the years 1783, 1784, 

 17^5, 1786, 1787. and his return to Ruffia ; with a circumftantial 

 account of the difcovery made by him of two new iflands Kuktak 

 and Aphagnak, to which even the famous englilh navigator Captain 

 Cook did not come. To which is added a defcription of the way 

 of* life, manners, ufages, habitations, and drefs of the people 

 dwelling on them ; who fubmitted themfelves to the ruffian do- 

 minion ; as alfo of the climate, of the feafons, of the animals, 

 both wild and tame, fim, birds, vegetables, and many other re- 

 markable particulars found there, all of which are authinti ally 

 arid accurately defcribed by himfelf*. 



* In the MS. it is the St. Simeon who took Gcd in his arms ; 

 and a note upon it refers us to the Gofpel of St. Luke, chap. iL 

 ver. 28. 36. 



f So he calls his (hip's company all along. Sometimes by that 

 term he feems indeed to mean artificers ; but in general it mull 

 fignify the failors. 



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