SARYTSCHEW’s TRAVELS. 
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Tanaga, to the south. West of Tanaga, lies at a distance 
of 17 miles the island Gorelvi, being 17 miles in extent, and 
distinguished for its lofty volcanic mountain, which is covered 
with an eternal snow. Towards evening we passed the south- 
side of the Aleutian Islands, of which the first two are small 
and flat, but the third, called Xliak is higher, and lies more 
to the south of Tanaga. Contrary winds, first from north-east, 
and afterwards from east, obliged us to laveer in sight of the 
islands Tanaga and Kanaga. The southern sides of both 
islands have a flat shore. 
After being tossed about in a thick mist for two days, we 
descried on the 21st, to the left of us, a cluster of islets con¬ 
tiguous to each other, and extending to the island of Atcha; 
and in the afternoon we found ourselves in a strait, betwixt 
Atcha and an islet. 
Through this strait, which is 48 fathoms deep, and has a 
gravelly bottom, we bore away to the north-east for the cluster 
of these islets, the shores of which are mountainous and woody, 
always rising more and more to the north, and terminating in 
a lofty crater covered with snow. We observed by this island 
many bays, the largest of which is called the Korowinsh haven, 
and very near the northern promontory of Atcha. This one 
also divides itself at the very entrance into two, and penetrates 
thus far into the interior of the island. 
As soon as we were passed Atcha, we stood off with the 
south-east wind, straight for the island Umnak, and after passing 
its north eastern side, we came in sight of the western part of 
Unalaschka. In the middle of the strait between these two 
islands, a lofty rock rises out of the water. We estimated our 
latitude at 53 c £7and longitude at 1§1° 28'. 
At ten o’clock in the evening, we approached the north¬ 
western cape of Unalasckta, which is called Makushim, after 
a bay, and an Aleutian place of the same name. 
On the morning of the 25th, we came to the western bank 
of the Captain’s Haven, where, close ahead of our ship, a num¬ 
ber of whales of different species rose out of the water. To¬ 
wards noon, we reached the eastern bank, where we anchored 
by the Aleutian residence Illuluk, in eight fathoms water. 
This summer we had calculated our way so well, that from 
Petropaulousk hither, not a single error had crept into our 
estimate, so as to carry us out of our course. 
As soon as.our arrival was made known among the different 
villages, the natives came with fresh fish to our ship. Tobacco 
was an article of the greatest necessity among them, for which 
they flocked to us from the remotest parts, not only of this, but 
of other islands. Captain Billings strove to oblige them, by 
