ASII a man's incantations. 
65 
as the interpreter informed ifte, by the appearance of a spirit, 
which the Shaman began to supplicate for the sick woman. The 
spirit appeared rather obstinate at first; but at the continued 
entreaties of the Shaman at length yielded, adding, that the sick 
person suffered on account of her father’s having, while on the 
w hale fishery, smeared his arrows with the spinal marrow of that 
fish, and since he w'as now dead, an evil spirit was charged to 
obtain satisfaction from the daughter. The song now recom¬ 
menced, and at the expiration of five minutes silence again pre¬ 
vailed. The Shaman then addressed the spirit, which now ap¬ 
peared to be under his controul, and informed the bystanders, 
that it was now in the bowels of the sick woman, for the pur¬ 
pose of minutely examining the disease, and removing the cause, 
from which in three days her restoration might be expectedo 
This hope, according to the assurance of the Shaman, was 
confirmed by another spirit, whose opinion he had obtained; 
and thus concluded the exorcism. The Shamans never demand 
any compensation from the people, contentedly receiving what 
is given them, and never requiring offerings for the spirits. 
On the 21st, I proceeded farther w ith fine weather, and a 
calm sea; but towards noon a gale from the north-west blew 
so hard, that I with difficulty reached the first promontory, four 
miles from Koshiga to the south-west, and anchored off a little 
village called by the Aleutians Umschaluka, by the Russians Se- 
denka. It contains only twelve inhabitants. From the promon¬ 
tory is discernible a small rocky island, a quarter of a mile to the 
south-west and a mile to the west, a high rock surrounded w'ith 
projecting cliffs. 
On the third day the wind abated, and we made direct for 
the promontory of Amnak, distant from Sedenka about five miles 
to south-west 51°, and projecting far into the ocean with a 
range of high rocks. Between these two promontories are three 
open bays. The first, called Alimuda, commences immediately 
beyond Sedenka, penetrating two miles and a half into the island 
in a westerly direction: the second is two miles in extent to the 
south-w'est; and the third is only divided from the second by a 
small slip of land, running in a south-easterly direction a mile 
and a quarter into the island. 
When w e came directly opposite to the promontory of Amnak, 
we perceived the entrance of the Bay of Tschernowsk, two 
miles and three quarters distant from the back part of the pro¬ 
montory. The entrance is defended on each side by a sort of 
promontory of high rock, surrounded with projecting cliffs* 
The shore between Amnak and Tschernowsk forms a slight 
curve far into the sea, is alternately rugged and mountainous^ 
SARYTSCHEW, YOL. II.] I 
