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was alfo provided for the inferior officers of the garrifon, 
for the two Colons of Paratounca, and St. Peter and St. Paul, 
and for the other better fort of Kamtfchadale inhabitants. 
The reft of the natives, of every defer ration, w r ere invited to 
partake with the fhips companies, who had a pound of 
good fat beef ferved out to each man; and what remained 
of our fpirits was made into grog, and divided amongffc 
them. A falute of twenty-one guns was fired at the ufual 
hour; and the whole was conduced (confidering the part 
of her dominions it was in) in a manner not unworthy fo 
renowned and magnificent an Emprefs. 
On the 5th, we received, from Bolcheretfk, a frefh fupply 
of tea, fugar, and tobacco. This prefent had met Captain 
Shmaleff on his return, and was accompanied by a letter 
from him, in which he informed us, that the floop from 
Okotzk had arrived during his abfence, and that Madame 
Shmaleff, who was entirely in our interefts, had loft no time 
in difpatching a courier, with the few prefents, of which 
our acceptance was requefted. 
The appearance of foul weather, on the 6th and 7th, pre¬ 
vented our unmooring; hut on the morning of the 8th, we 
failed out toward the mouth of the bay, and hoifted in all 
the boats; when the wind, veering to the Southward, 
flopped our farther progrefs, and obliged us to drop anchor 
in ten fathoms; the ojlrog bearing due North, half a league 
diftant. 
The weather being foggy, and the wind from the fame 
quarter during the forenoon of the 9th, we continued in 
our ftation.. At four in the afternoon, we again unmoored; 
but whilft we were, with great difficulty, weighing our laft 
anchor, I was told that the drummer of the marines had left 
the boat, which had juft returned from the village, and 
that 
1779. 
Oftober. 
Tuefday 5* 
Wednef. 6. 
Thurfday 7, 
Friday 8* 
Saturday 9, 
