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for the fake of regularity, and that the reader may 
ftill have fome notion of all the countries, that are in 
the neighbourhood of Kamtchatka, we are going to 
communicate here, what is collected in the memoirs 
of Mr. Steller, in different places. 
The continent of America, which now is known 
from 52 to 6o° of north latitude, extends from the 
fouth-weft to the north-eaft, every-where almoft: 
at an equal diftance from the Kamtchadalian fhores, 
'viz. about 37 0 longitude: for the Kamtchadalian 
fhore, alfo, from the Kurilian Lopatka [the fhovel 
to cape Tchukotfki, in a ftrait line (except where 
there are bays and capes), lies in the very fame di- 
retftion. So that one has grounds to infer [from 
thence], that thofe two lands were once joined, efpe- 
cially in thofe parts, where lies cape Tchukotfki : for, 
between that and the coafl, that projects, which is 
found at the eaft, diredtly over-againft it, the di- 
ftance does not exceed two degrees and a half. 
Steller brings four arguments to prove this : 
1 . The ftate of the fhores, which, both at Kamt- 
chatka and in America, are ragged [broken, cragged], 
2. The many capes, which advance into the fea, 
from 30 to 60 verfles. 
3. The many iflands in the fea, which feparate 
Kamtchatka from America. 
4. The fttuation of thofe iflands, and the incon- 
fiderable breadth of that fea. 
As to the reft, we leave this to the confideration 
[or judgment] of more fkilful perfons : fufficient it 
* The words included between the [ ] are added by way of 
illuftration, or elfe are, for the moft part, the literal tranflation of 
the Rufs, 
will 
