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will be for us, barely to relate what was obferved 
round about thofe parts. 
The fea, which divides Kamtchatka from Ame- 
rica, is full of iflands, which [lying] over-againft 
the fouth-weft end of America, extend [as far asj to- 
wards the ftreights of Anian, in fuch an uninterrupted 
feries j row, order], as the Kurilian iflands do [as far 
as] towards Japan. That row of iflands is found be- 
tween 5 1 and 54° latitude, and lies diredtly eaft ; 
and it begins not farther than 5 degrees from the 
Kamtchadalian fhore. 
Steller thinks, that Company’s-land is to be found 
between the Kurilian and the American iflands (which 
many doubt of), if one [fetting out] from the fouth- 
weft extremity of America, advances fouth-weft : 
for, in his opinion, Company’s-land muft be the bale 
of a triangle [which it forms] with the Kurilian and 
the American iflands ; which feems not to be defti- 
tute of foundation, if Company’s-land be rightly laid 
down on the maps. 
The American land is in a much better ftate, with 
regard to the climate, than the farthermoft eaftern 
part of Alia, though it lies near the fea, and has, 
every-where, high mountains, fome of which are 
covered with perpetual fnows; for that [country], 
when its qualities are compared to thofe of Alia, 
has, by far, the advantage. The mountains of [that 
part of] Afia are, every-where, ruinous and cleft 
[broken] ; from whence they have, long, fince, loft 
their confiftency, they have loft their inward warmth; 
upon which account, they have no good metal [of 
any kind] ; no wood, nor herbs, grow there, except 
in the vallies, where is feen fmall j brufh-] wood and. 
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