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Chap. Hi. RussiAN Difcoveries. ioit 
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by the Ruffians. They had very great Hopes of ob- 
taining confiderable Intelligence from this Man, but 
notwithftanding all the Queftions they propofed, they 
could gain from him no more than a Confirmation of 
what they had formerly learned from the fzuktfchi. 
On Augud thty met with a great Storm, 
attended with a thick Fog, by which they were driven 
upon the Coaft of fome Country Eaft of Kamfchatska^ and 
where they were oblig’d to come to an Anchor. Upon 
their endeavouring to weigh it the next Day, their Cable 
broke ; however, thej^ were fo lucky as to efcape witn 
no other Lofs than that of their Anchor. On the 2d 
of September they arrived fafeljr in the Mouth of the Ri- 
ver of Kamfchatskay where they landed, and having fe- 
cured their Veffel in a Creek, went to the lower For- 
trefs, where they pffed the Winter. There they met 
with the reft of their Companions, who brought theni a 
confiderable Supply of FrOvifions, which, after tne 
Fatigues they had fuftained, were very acceptable. 
In this Place they fpent the Winter, without meet- 
ing with any thing worthy of our Notice. On 
the 5th o^June 172^, they repaired their Veffel and put 
to Sea, fteering due Eaft from the Mouth of the River 
Kamfchatska., in Hopes of difcovering that Land, which 
the Inhabitants affirm’d might be feen in a dear Day ; 
which, however, they were not fo happy as to meet 
with, though they continued that Route for 30 Leagues, 
and then meeting with a Storm at Eaft-North-Eaft, 
they were obliged to return to the Mouth of the Bolfchay 
reefchiy after having paffed round the South Point of 
Kamfchatska, which was a Voyage that was never per- 
formed before. They went from tnence by Sea to the 
Fortrefs of Ochotsky, where they delivered up their 
Stores of Provifion, confifting of Flour, dry’d Fkffi, 
and Salt, to the proper Officers. Ori the 20th of July 
they arrived at the Mouth of the River Ochota, where 
they delivered up the Veffel, with the Materials and 
Tools on board her, to the Governor. 1 he Captain 
then hired Horfes for himfelf and Company, to go by 
Land to Judomska krefta •, thence they proceeded by 
Water in fmall Boats and Rafts, along the River Aldan 
to the Paffage of Beloya, and thence they went on Horfe- 
back to Jakutski ^ all this they performed exadlly in a 
Month, arriving there on the 29th of Augtiji. 
On the 20th of September they left that Place, and 
went in two Veffels up the River Lena^ as far as the 
Village of Feledun, where they arrived on the 10th of 
Obiober^ and there they were obliged to ftay for about 
ten Days, becaufe the Rivers began novv to be covered 
with Ice. The Snow falling in great Quantities, and 
the River being thoroughly froze, they fet out on the 
29th of Oblober for lUmski., and from thence by the Ri- 
vers ■mdi.jenejci^ which where now covered with. 
Ice, they came to the Town of Jenifchiski i from that 
Town, paffmg through feVeral Villages of Ruffians and 
Tartars newly converted, they reached Tomski^ and paf- 
fing over the great Deferts of Bambinski^ they reached 
Tara^ and from thence mounting the River Irtifch^ they 
came to Tohohkf January lO, 1730. In this City they 
remained till the 25th of the fame Month, and then fet 
out by the Road before defcribed, for Petersbom% where 
the Captain fafely arrived on the firft of March following. 
This Detail which we have given our Reader, is not 
barely copied from the Accounts that have been pub- 
liffied in German., Low -Dutch., French., and other Lan- 
guages, but hath been compared with a Copy of Cap- 
tain Behring^% original Journal, which has been of very 
great Service ; we have alfo examined his Map very 
carefully, and confidered^ at the fame Time, how far it 
was confiftent with prior and with pofterior Difcoveries, 
of which more fhall be faid hereafter. At prefent I 
will crave Leave to add here, from a Manufcript Copy 
of the Journal, a very curious Table of the Places men- 
tioned therein, with their Latitudes and Longitudes 
from Tobolski, the rather, becaufe it has never been pub® 
lifhed, at < leaft fo far as I know, and becaufe it will 
ferve as Kind of Teft, by which all fubfequent Ac- 
counts may be tried with refpedl to their Veracity ; for 
I make no Doubt at all, that this Table, was framed 
with die utmoft Care and Circumfpedion, becaufe I 
find it was tranfmitted by the Author to the Ruffian 
Court in 1728, immediately after his Return from his 
Voyage for Difcovery, and while he remained at the 
Lower Fortrefs of Kamfchatska. 
It is alfoneceffary to take Notice of the Meaning of the 
Ruffian Words made ufe of in this Table, which, as they 
are but very few, cannot burthen the Reader’s Memo- 
ry. Krepojt fignifies a Fortrefs, Ofirog a little Fort, Sla- 
boda a Borough or Place bigger than a Village, Mo" 
naderia, a Convent or Monaftery. It is true, we might 
have avoided thefe, and have given the Places in plain 
Englifh, but as the Defign of this whole Sedion is tq 
facilitate the underftanding fuch Accounts as may be 
hereafter received of the Ruffian Difcoveries, I thought 
proper to preferve the Names for that Reafon, as well 
as becaufe we find them frequently occur in the Maps. 
Thefe Points being premifed, the following Tables 
will be very plain and perfpicuoas. 
Names of the Remarkable Places. 
'Latitude Longitude from 
Tobolsky. 
The Town of Tobohh, which is the Capital of Siberia^ 
— 58 
— 
5 
17 
C T 
— 
30 
18 
35 
60 
Sama'i'ofky Jam, upon the Rivei Uuu, ' 
rg 
I'he Town oi Surgut upon the Kivcr Uou, 
D '■ 
48 
19 
I 7 
0 
14 
16 
The Town of Narim upon the lame River, 
rg 
Keel sky ^Jlrog, — — - — ■ 
— — /: 8 
ii 
2 2 
Lof mjarski iXionaJtir, — ■■ — 
— rg 
2 
13 
12 
Makowski GJhog, — ^ '■ 
■ rg 
0 
20 
37 
j 
25 
32 
35 
Jd 
38 
. 41 
57 
The Town of Tenriski upon the River Tenisci, 
— — ■' c 8 
Caschin MonafUr, — .. . 
16 
44 
28 
The Town of Timakin, near the Mouth of the Kivei Him, 
' 57 
yd 
25 
46 
'1 he 1 own oi ilvmskt, ^ " 
— 
Utkuti'ky UJhug, 
— ry 
48 
48 
I T 
T 
Kirinskt OJtrog, ^ — , 
62 
1 he lown of Jakmski upon the Rivei Lena, - — ' 
53 
7 
5 ^ 
Ochotskt Ofirog, at the Mouth ux the Ivivci Okhota, ■ 
■ 5 y 
' ' ' 
70 
1 he Mouth of the Bolfchoyan Retfchka in Kamjehatska, 

0 U 
9 < 
' 0^ 
g6 
111 
Werehnot Kamfchatska Usfrog, — - " ■ — 
Of 
30 
Nifhwui Kamfchatska Ofirog, 
a'' 
1 he Mouth ot the River 01 the Apoille Lbadeus ana the *bape, - 
6 
20 
35 
I 
1 vJf 
32 
1 4 
JL iiC JLiilDOW C )1 the xvlVCl iVetOt iSfFCst^ 
115 
120 
Eaftern Point, — — ■ — — — — — - — ' 
0? 
■ 
30 
44 
LhQ h.\bo^ .01 tht owetoi i reoorazensKy, *■"" ' " 
a 
2 a 
122 
The Eaftern Point of Suchotski, — 
- 64. 
122 
00 
55 
42 
7 
- It 
'T 
_ 66 
125 
126 
1 lie lllaiiU ui oL. Demelfius, ■■ — 
r M y 
i8 
1 he iriace irom which tne c^aptain returnea, > ' ■ 1. 
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