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SARYTSCHEW’s TRAVELS. 
• jiaven, we stood to the north-west along the steep rocky shore of 
the northern side of Unalaschka, as far as the open bay of Wese- 
jowsk, which penetrates three quarters of a mile into the island. 
On the shore of a little brook which discharges itself into it from 
a cleft in the mountain* lies the settlement of Weselowsk, consist- 
ing of only two jurts, inhabited however by thirty-one persons of 
the male sex. Opposite to this village, a rocky islet rises in 
the bay, that is very distinctly observed from the sea, be¬ 
ing much more prominent than the interior flat shore of the bay. 
We spent the night in this place, and pursued our course in 
the morning. The shore continued to be one rocky steep to¬ 
wards south-squth-west, as far as the other bay Sachtupik, 
which extends for half a mile into the interior of the island. 
It receives the waters of two brooks from the mountains, the 
foot of which forms the depressed gravelly shore. 
Eight miles from Weselowsk we passed a volcanic crater, 
called by the Aleutians, Aijagin. It is higher than all the other 
mountains of Unalaschka, with a summit more level than pointecj; 
that on the southern side of the island has the appearance of 
beiiig almost flat; all eruptions have long since ceased, and no¬ 
thing now remains but occasonal smoke. Earthquakes are like¬ 
wise now very rare, which were formerly frequent and so vio¬ 
lent as to overturn jurts and pendant rocks. On the summit of 
this crater the Aleutians collect sulphur and lava \ from which 
latter they make points for their darts. 
The weather this morning was very dull, attended with only 
$. gentle east breeze, that strengthened towards the afternoon, 
and occasioned a vehement surge. The Aleutians pursued their 
course with the most perfect tranquillity and unconcern, while 
1 was in no small trepidation, fancying that every billow which 
approached me would inevitably swallow’ me and my little bark. 
. Nor were my fears without foundation, for though the inhabit¬ 
ants are very expert in managing these boats, and preserving 
the exact equilibrium with their oars on the approach of every 
wave, yet such is the smallqess of these conveyances, mine not 
being more than a foot and half broad in the middle, that the 
slightest error in guiding them may be, and often is, attended 
with the most serious consequences. 
Fifteen miles from Weselowsk the shore became very sandy, 
forming, b y a curve inwards, a sort of bay, which received the 
waters of a brook from the neighbouring mountains. Farther on, 
the shore winds to the norh-east, and finally to the east, termi¬ 
nating with the village of Makuschinsk, about two miles and a 
half distant from the curve before-mentioned, and lying at the 
mouth of a small river, formed by three lakes, and united by 
small water-falls. In this river much hump-backed salmon autf 
