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sperate affliction, one of them cut his throat; but the wound, 
which was not mortal, was quickly healed by our surgeon : how¬ 
ever, the man died soon after our arrival at Kamtschatka. 
On the 30th, we discovered, in gloomy weather, to the north¬ 
west half-west, some land with two mountains, which was, 
however, soon intercepted from our view by the mist. The 
two following days we changed our longitude lj degree westerly, 
but continued in the same latitude, and saw on the 1st of Sep¬ 
tember, the same land afresh to north-east 63 Q . Many more 
sea-birds than usual now made their appearance, and among 
them Urilas, which according to the general observation of 
navigators, are a sign of land being near. At this time we ob¬ 
served the latitude to be 53°, and calculated the longitude at 
190° 2'; but afterwards, having an opportunity of rectify¬ 
ing our observations, by the distance of the moon from the 
sun, we discovered that we were then seven degrees more to 
the east. According to this latitude and longitude, we con¬ 
cluded that this land could be none of the islands known to us, 
and of course must be some new island. 
In my opinion, there are, both north and south of the known 
cluster of Aleutian islands, others hitherto undiscovered, which 
appears corroborated by the otters, lions, and other marine animals, 
passing the Aleutian islands, in the month of July, from the 
south to the north ; and afterwards returning in October, from 
north to south : whence we may conclude, that they spend 
the summer in this cluster to the north, and the winter in the 
one yet unknown to the south. The northern cannot, however, 
be situated farther than the GOth degree, nor the southern beyond 
the 45th, for between these degrees only are otters and sea-lions 
to be found. 
On the 4th of September, in the afternoon, a violent squall 
split our top and foremast and bowsprit, which we repaired on 
the following day. Since our departure from America, we had 
continual contrary winds, and being almost always obliged to 
deep to windward, we had not been able to make more than 
half our way in fifty-two days. Petropaulousk being still at a 
considerable distance, we found greater economy necessary, 
having only twenty tuns of water remaining. All in the ships, 
both officers and men, now received only a pint a day ; and in 
order not to provoke our thirst, we abstained from salt-meat, 
and lived entirely on boiled peas. 
On the 24th, we discovered in the morning to north half- 
west, the lofty snow-covered mountains of the island of Tanaga, 
and towards the north, the lofty crater of the island of Goreiin, 
fifty miles distant from us. The next day we got sight of the 
small and almost level island Amatvgnak, which was at 19 
