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eaft; and one in particular, on which he 
was fhipwrecked, died, and was buried 
by his fellow travellers; who gave it the 
name of Behring's J /land. He farther 
tells us, that Captain Tsc hi ri koff failed 
eaftward to the American coafls, and 
found a fhorter cut from Kamtfchatka to 
America, than could ever have been 
imagined: and that Captain Spang en- 
berg, who had been fent to the fouth- 
eafr, difcovered a multitude of iilands, 
called the Kurili IJIands ; and beyond 
theie, fome large ones inhabited by Ja- 
panefe, which are in fadl the outfkirts of 
Japan. 
This important expedition, in which 
the Academy of Sciences at Peteiiburg 
had engaged a Profefibr of Agronomy, 
Mr. De L'isle de la Croyere, with 
an afuftant, named Krasilnikoff; a. 
ProfeiTor 
