SARYTSCHEW’S TRAVELS. 
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Elba, flow into it, the one from the right, and the other from 
the left. Among the stupendous crags which extend along this 
river was one called Chanandga, which projected at the height 
of iOO fathoms into the water, and attracted our attention from 
the number of sea-lions which were lying on the stones under 
tlie declivity. The summit of this rock is a haunt for birds of 
va ions species, as the tschaika or mew, the urila or Pelaeanns 
ir laceus , ara, alca torda or penguin, toporka or Alca artica , 
and the kamenuschka. Anas histrionica , or fenduck. 
Near this promontory we were overtaken by a violent storm, 
which dashed up the waves mountains high in its violent conten¬ 
tion with the opposing tide, and threatened every moment to 
swallow up our little bark; but the w ind being favourable, the 
foaidar sailed with such immense rapidity, as to escape every 
overwhelming billow, and brought us in a short time to a less 
dangerous spot: but on approaching the shore, betwixt the rocky 
precipices, our baidar received a violent shock, by which it was 
thrown on its side, and many of us compelled to wade through 
th e water to the shore for our own safety. 
While we were drying our clothes and provisions, the storm 
bsided, and enabled us to pursue our course, which led us 
Lt ast the steep mountain Enkan, that projects into the sea. At 
. s extremity there was a stone pillar, about seven fathoms dis¬ 
tant, which was nearly the height of the mountain itself, and had 
*he appearance of a tower. Seven versts beyond this mountain 
*he brook Kekra falls into the sea, after having received two 
c>ther rivulets. 
Shortly after we discovered on a small island, opposite to the 
cliff Odshan, four juris of Reindeer Tungusians, who are set¬ 
tled here for the purpose of hunting bears on the sea-shore, 
and wild sheep on the mountains. In the summer they collect 
vast quantities of eggs from the sea-birds that frequent this coast, 
and nest in the hollows of the rock. 
The next day we reached the river Ulkan, which was appoint¬ 
ed by Captain Billings as our place of rendezvous. The breadth 
of this river at its mouth is nine fathoms, and its depth at low 
water, three feet; but farther on, only a foot and a half. The 
latitude of this place is 57° O', the elevation of the tide, six or 
seven feet, and at the new moon, nine or ten feet. 
I was induced, from the short distance of the river Aldonin, 
and from what I had heard of it, to embrace this moment of 
leisure to pay it a visit, and accordingly set off on the 1 th of 
June. W e arrived towards noon at the Aldomish bay, which 
takes its name from the above river, with which it combines to¬ 
wards the west. The greater part of this bay is dry at low wa¬ 
ter, and the rest is not above fathoms. 
