1 6 Captain Burney on the geography of the 
terprising and persevering man perished, for neither himself 
nor any of his people ever returned. 
The information which was obtained in the first three 
attempts of Shalaurof, is simply, that he arrived at an 
island which he named Sabedei, and beyond it sailed into a 
bay of the continent, which he named Tschaoon bay, which 
was estimated to be distant about 70 leagues to the east from 
the entrance of the river Kolyma. Here were found habita- 
tions and people. 
Tschaoon bay ran deep into the land southward and east- 
ward, and probably it was from this place that Taras Sta- 
duchin crossed over to the eastern sea. Northward from 
Tschaoon bay, the coast took something of a westerly direc- 
tion. The most advanced part of the land seen, was a high 
mountain far off to the north-east, Shalaurof being then to 
the north of the island Sabedei. 
Among the attempts to determine the north-eastern limits 
of Asia, is to be reckoned the march of a small Kossak 
army under the command of a Captain Paulutzki, which 
after traversing the Tschuktzki country, from the gulf of 
Anadir to the Icy sea, marched along the shore eastward, 
with intention to trace round the north-east coast ; but the 
land being found to run far north, and their provision being 
expended, Paulutzki was obliged to relinquish the attempt. 
Such was the state of the information which had been ob- 
tained, when Captain Cook arrived in the sea of Kamtschatka. 
Of three passages said to have been accomplished from the 
Icy sea to the Eastern sea, the manner of performing the 
voyage is distinctly expressed only in one; and that is sped- 
