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SARYJSCHEW’S TRAVELS, 
people iii a good state ; but that although w*e might lament 
having passed the whole winter on the island, yet we should put 
to sea at the commencement of the summer, and happily return 
to the place from which We came. ,? 
The latitude of this place is 53 9 3l'. 
On the 16th of March, I set out on my return to Maku- 
schinsk; but being unable to proceed by water on account of 
the violent winds, i resolved to cross the mountains along the 
shore op foot, to Captain’s Bay, which the Aleutians informed 
me was practicable during the summer in ope day. 
I went in my baidar to the extreme point of the Bay qf 
Makuschinsk, where I landed and commenced my excursion 
with three Aleutians as guides. For above half the way, I 
proceeded with great facility; w hen I came to the back of a 
mountain, whose summit I could reach only by climbing a 
winding path, on the rocky shore of a river. The farther 1 ad¬ 
vanced, the steeper it became ; and being quite covered with 
hard snow’, my labqur was much augmented by being compelled 
with every step to stamp for myself a sure footing. Thus oc¬ 
cupied, | fearlessly proceeded, unconscious qf the height I had 
attained, until at last, finding I could gq no farther, X saw to 
my dismay that I stood on the brink of an immense precipice, 
whose sides were covered with rocks, at the bottom of which 
flowed a brook. On the sudden discovery qf my situation, X 
was seized with such an irresistible dread, that I could pro¬ 
ceed no farther, and resolved to retread the path X Had ascended, 
in doing which I expected at every step to be precipitated head¬ 
long Jo the bottom. Fortunately, however, I arrived in safety 
at the place from whence 1 set out, and was agan detained by 
wind and weather for the four following days. 
Op the 20th at midnight, a violent tempest began, and the 
wind blew on laud with such fury, that no one could withstand 
it. On the fojlow'ing day the wind was less yiolent, but the 
sea remained much agitated. The latitude of Makuschinsk is 
53 ° 50 ' 35". 
The Toja of Makuschinsk, seeing my uneasiness at being thus 
long detained from my ship, and the great inconvenience X ex¬ 
perienced for want of food, was at length rppvpd with com¬ 
passion, and informed me, that if the baidars were brought 
from the Bay of Makuschinsk tq Beaver’s-bay, it would be 
easy to pass to the vessels. By the aid of persuasion and pre¬ 
sents, therefore, I at length prevailed pn some Aleutians tq 
carry their own baidars and mine, across the land which parted 
the tw o bays, the distance being about three miles and a half. 
X began my little voyage on the 23d, and reaching the vessels 
on the following day, found that during my absence the crews 
