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again. The carpenters, who w r ere employed in hopping 
the leak, were obliged to take off a great part of the 
fheathing from the hows, and found many of the trun- 
nels fo very loofe and rotten, as to be eafily drawn out 
with the fingers. 
On the nth, they had heavy gales from the North Eaft, 
which obliged both the fhips to ftrike yards and topmafts; 
but in the afternoon, the v r eather being more moderate, 
and the ice having drifted away as far as the mouth of the 
harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul, they warped clofe to the 
fhore for the. greater convenience of watering and wood- 
ing, and again moored as before; the town bearing North 
half Weft, half a mile diftant, and the mouth of the bay, 
fhut in by the Southernmoft point of Rakowina harbour, 
South. 
The next day a party was fent on fhore to cut w r ood, but 
made little progrefa on account of the fnow, which ftill co¬ 
vered the ground. A convenient fpot was cleared away 
abreaft of the fhips, where there was a fine run of water; 
and a tent being eretfted for the cooper, the empty calks 
were landed, and the fail-makers fent on fhore. 
On the 15th, the beach being clear of ice, the people 
were fent to haul the feme, and caught an abundant 
fupply of fine flat fifh for both the fliips companies. In¬ 
deed, from this time, during the v r hole of our ftay in 
the harbour, we were abfolutely overpowered with the 
quantities of fifh which came in from every quarter. The 
'ToionS) both of this tow'n, and of Paratounca, a village 
in the neighbourhood, had received orders from Major 
Behm to employ all the Kamtfchadales in our fervice; fo 
that we frequently could not take into the fhips the 
prefents that were fent us. They confifted, in general. 
Tuefday u. 
Wed nef. 12. 
Saturday 15 
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