that the ship Bight have groundod in many a rrorse place on this bank,, 
and that the smallest breeze, especially from the north-east, would 
have been sufficient to dash her to pieces , I cannot help feeling 
grateful to Providonoe, persuaded that, without his aid, like Mr* do 
la Perouse and his companions, not one of would ever a gain have beheld 
his native land} for even if wo had escaped from a watery grave, it 
would only have been, as the Island affords neither water nor wood, to 
have suffered a worse death by famine* To ay ship’s company I owe, on 
this trying oooasion, a tribute of thanks, as well as a tribute of 
commendation} both officers and men were so incessantly employed, that 
they had hardly more than six hours* rest during the whole time we re¬ 
mained at the island} and so far were they from murmuring at this, 
that a cheerfulness, an alacrity, and a courage, were displayed by them, 
that have seldom been surpassed* To the south-east point of the bank 
where the vessel groundod, I gave the name of Neva} while the island 
itself, in compliance with the unanimous wishes of my ship’s company, 
received the appellation of Lisiaasky* 
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