SINGULAR 331RD3. 
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It is six miles distant from the former, and in like manner sur¬ 
rounded by insular spots of earth. The third island, Laluskich,. 
lies fourteen miles north-east of the Rein-deer island. The 
fourth, Agajanaksisch, is situated only three miles north of the 
third, the fifth north-west of the fourth, and the sixth, Rujed- 
dach, two miles ea3t of the fourth. The seventh island, Kita- 
gotach, lies three miles east-south-east; and the eighth, Una- 
fcchoch, two miles north-east of the sixth. In the strait be¬ 
tween these two latter, there is a pointed rock, that projects 
to a great height out of the water. This is, however, less 
entitled to notice than the lofty volcanic mountain on the shore 
of Alaksa, opposite to the island Unatchoch, the summit of 
which was torn off and hurled down with a tremendous 
crash, in an eruption in the year 1786. 
On the 2 1 st, we reached the Schumagin islands, so denomi¬ 
nated by Captain Bering, after the name of one of his sailors 
who was buried there. They are thirteen in number, of which 
Unga and Ilagia are distinguished by their size ; live others are 
called Kagai, Saluluktussich, Nunak, Tachkinach, and Kunu- 
jutanany; the rest are nameless. They are all mountainous.,, 
and lie close to each other, in lat. 55° 2', and long. 199° 27'. 
In the afternoon, we saw several small ba-idars advancing 
from these islands towards our vessel, which they overtook^ 
although it sailed at the rate of four Italian miles an hour. Ora 
one of them was a Russian hunter, who, according to his- 
own account, belonged to a merchantman, which was sent 
with eighty Aleutians to the Schumagin islands in pursuit of 
otters, and was now anchoring in the Isonozkish-strait. We 
lay to for three hours, while Mr. Billings made out an or¬ 
der for the master of the above-mentioned vessel. 
On the 24th, we were almost entirely becalmed. Fowl' 
of various descriptions hovered over the sea, but particularly 
a sort of divers, which were to be seen in immense docks. 
We shot one of them, but found its flesh more fat than savoury.. 
This bird, which is a native of the Frozen Ocean, is about the 
size of a common duck, with a white body, an ash-coloured 
back, head, and neck, a white and round tail, a cylindrical 
pale-green bill, red legs, and webbed feet. It lives on the fat 
of dead whales, is very bold, and often lights on the vessels. 
We were surrounded likewise by a number of cetaces, a species 
of whale, which leaves a fat behind it on the surface of the 
water, that is very acceptable to the mews and divers. Sea- 
lions and sea-bears darted out of the sea, very often near our 
ship. 
Towards the evening, we discovered, north-east 40°, a to¬ 
lerably large and steep rock, surrounded by other stony masses* 
