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miles distance. We found our latitude then to be 50° 48' ; our 
longitude 169° $6'; and the inclination of the needle 11° iff 
easterly. 
On the 5th of October we were enabled to rectify our obser¬ 
vations by the distance of the moon from the sun, and fixed our 
longitude at ]67° 10'; whence we perceived that we had 
calculated 11° 16 ' too far forwards. The error arose since our 
departure from Schugatskish Bay, as the tide of the sea was 
unknown to us, and we had much contrary wind, being mostly 
west, but sometimes inclining to the south, or south-east.—- 
We had a complete east wind only once from the second of 
October, for forty-eight hours in succession, and never north 
or north-east wind. At the same time we made the observa¬ 
tion that with north-west west; and south-west wind, the at¬ 
mosphere was not thick but overcast, and that south-east, south, 
and east winds, on the contrary, always brought rain and mist. 
On the 6th of October we had only eight ten and a half of 
water, and a voyage of 350 miles to the harbour of Petmpau- 
lousk ; on which account our allowance was again diminished 
to eight small glasses a man daily, for cooking and drinking. 
Some bore this deprivation with perfect patience, but many 
were dreadfully tormented with thirst. They often took blood 
into their mouths in order to alleviate their sufferings. Nothing 
could equal the joy which the appearance of rain occasioned, 
nor the eagerness with which every one strove to catch it. Every 
change of weather, however trivial, was watched with the ut¬ 
most inquietude ; if it was favourable, the hopes of all were 
flattered with speedily reaching the harbour, and the hours were 
calculated which the ship would require, at the given rate, to 
complete the voyage; but a contrary breeze would as quickly 
disperse all our hopes and calculations, and cloud every coun¬ 
tenance with the sadness of despair. At length, after four days 
veering and tossing about, we approached the shores of Kamt- 
schatka, and, with indescribable delight, we perceived, on the 
10th, the Shipunish promontory, and the lofty crater of Wilnish- 
ninish,. We were not able to get into the Awatscha bav before 
the 13th, and not into the harbour till after midnight, when we 
laid our vessel to, in the very spot where it had lain the preced¬ 
ing year. 
Our joy at having thus happily terminated our peculiar voy¬ 
age, may be better conceived than described. Our water was al 
ready reduced to the lowest ebb, and had contrary winds de¬ 
tained us but another twenty-four hours, our situation would 
have been lamentable in the extreme. It is rather surprising 
that with all our deprivations we remained healthy, and expe¬ 
rienced no ill consequences whatever. We swallowed the lirst 
