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CHAP, and balagans of which Captain King speaks are now only used as store- 
houses for fish. 
July, The greater part of the houses are furnished with gardens ; but 
being badly attended to, they produce very little. That attached to 
the government-house was in better order, and was planted with pease, 
beans, cabbages, lettuces, potatoes, radishes, cucumbers, and a few cur- 
rant-trees which were blighted ; barley and a small quantity of wheat 
were also growing in its vicinity. Some new houses were erecting in 
the town in expectation of the arrival of some exiles from St. Peters- 
burgh, as it was understood that several persons concerned in the con- 
spiracy against the emperor were to be banished to this place. The 
town, upon the whole, was much neater than I expected to find it ; 
and I by no means agree with Captain Cochrane, that it is a con- 
temptible place, and a picture of misery and wretchedness. Consider- 
ing the number of years it has been colonized, and that it is part of 
the Kussian Empire, it ought certainly to have become of much more 
importance ; but it does not differ so materially from the accounts of it 
that have been published, as to create disappointment on visiting the 
place, and it appeared to me that nothing is promised in those accounts 
which the place itself does not afford. 
It was with much pleasure we noticed in the governor’s garden the 
monument of our departed countryman Captain Clerke, which for better 
preservation had been removed from its former position by the late 
governor. It was on one side of a broad gravel walk, at the end of 
an avenue of trees. On the other side of the walk, there was a monu- 
ment to the memory of the celebrated Beering. I'he former, it may 
be recollected, was erected by the officers of Captain Krusen stern’s 
ship; and the latter had been purposely sent from St. Petersburgh. 
This mark of respect from the Russians toward our departed country- 
man calls forth our warmest gratitude, and must strengthen the good 
understanding which exists and is daily increasing between the ofiicers 
of their service and our own. The monument will ever be regarded 
as one of the greatest interest, as it marks the places of interment of 
the companions of the celebrated Cook and Beering, and records the 
generosity of the much-lamented Perouse, who placed a copper plate 
