270 VOYAGE TO MADAG^SCAIt, 



" Here I formed a friciidfhip with the Ame-^ 

 ** ricans, which Induced me to remain To me 

 *' days amongO: them j but on the ^yth of 



June I fet fail, ftcering fouth-weft, and 

 " kept at fea till the 30th, when I difcovet- 



edj in the latitude of 46° &, and ten de^ 

 " grees of longitude from Kamfchatka, a l^nd 

 " inhabited like wife hj Ruffians ; but I 

 " could not go on fhore on account of con- 



trary winds, which, not with flanding all 

 " my efforts, carried me to a great dlftance 



from it* Having, therefore, formed a 

 " defign of refuming my ancient route, af^ 

 " ter fufiering a long time from the incorw 

 " ftancy of the winds, and finding that evx 

 ** water was exhaufted, fo that we were 

 '* obliged to drink fea- water, rendered pota* 

 " hlc with flour and whale oil, I landed, on 



the 15th of July, on an ifland, which lies 

 *' in the latitude of 32° 45', and in longitude 



334° 45' from Kamfchatka. This ifland 



'* was 



