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*oom is left to queftion the veracity 
of the following Narrative. 
Another chcumftance tending 
alfo to authenticate the following 
account, is, that as foon as the 
unfortunate faiiors arrived at Arch- 
angel, Mr. Klingstadt, chief 
Auditor of the Admiralty of that 
city, fent for and examined them 
\ery particularly concerning the 
events which had befallen them ; 
minuting down their anfwers in 
writing, with an intention of pub- 
lifhing himfelf an account of their 
extraordinary adventures. This 
Gentleman, fome time after, came 
to Peterjburg, and feeing the Nar- 
rative which I had drawn up, he 
was pleafed to fay, that he pre- 
ferred 
