toward the Marquesas. TheyNeva turned north and visited Easter Island in 
Aprils rejoining the Nade jda Nat Nukuhiva in the Marquesas on 11 May. The 
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The ships then parted; the Nade j da sailed for Japan while the Neva stopped 
at Kealakekua Bay, Havaii/ and Waimea Bay/ Kauai/ before sailing for Alaska/ 
vhere she arrived at Kodiak on 8 July 1804. The Neva sailed from Sitka on 
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At ten oJeloek on thenlght-ef 15 October 1805 the Neva grounded on an 
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uncharted reef west of the Sandwich Islands -(Lisiansky;.l8lt). The crew was 
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able to refloat the vessel by throwing cannon and other heavy objects over- 
board. At davn the crew observed a low sandy island to the west. But then 
a.sudden,squall drove them on to another reef. They then discarded cables, 
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anchors and al1 remaining heavy items, and by 17 October the Bhip was again 
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floating. That evening some of the ship’s officers landed on the island, 
and returned with four large seals that had been killed with hand spikes on 
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the beach. The following day the crew succeeding in retrieving the items 
they had thrown overboard to refloat the ship, and then went ashore on the 
island. They found numerous birds, which pecked at their legs and were kept 
away with difficulty. At almost every step they sunk almost to the knees 
in holes dug in the sand by birds. Creeping plants and grasses covered the 
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sandy soil and obscured the bird burrows. Seals seven feet long were seen, 
and turtle b were abundant. They did not find water. A high pole was fixed 
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in the sand, and a bottle containing an account of the island was buried near 
it. Shells, coral, sponges and other specimens were collected. They found 
a anwll callabash with a round hole cut in it, and saw several hugk redwood 
