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dered from approaching nearer the mountain, by the cin- i 779 . 
ders that fell, and prevented him from proceeding on his t oa ° ber ' 
journey. 
The third volcano is on the top of the mountain of Kamt- 
fchatka, which is mentioned as by far the highefl: in the 
peninfula. A thick frnoke never ceafes to afcend from 
its fummft, and it has frequent eruptions, of the moft vio¬ 
lent and dreadful kind, fbme of which were much talked 
of, and feemed to be frefh in the memories of the Kamt- 
fchadales. 
The country is likewife faid to contain numerous fprings 
of hot water. The only one that I had an opportunity of 
feeing was at Natcheekin ojirog , and hath been already de- 
fcribed. KrafcheninikofF makes mention of feveral others, 
and alfo of two very extraordinary pits or wells, at the bot¬ 
tom of which the water is feen to boil as in a caldron, with 
prodigious force and impetuofity ; at the fame time a dread¬ 
ful noile iffues out of them, and fo thick a vapour, that a 
man cannot fee through it. 
Of the trees which fell under our notice, the principal are 
the birch, the poplar, the alder (with the bark of which 
they ftain their leather), many fpecies of the willow, but all 
fmall; and tw'o forts of dwarfifh pines or cedars *. One of 
thefe grows upon the coaft, creeping along the ground, and 
feldom exceeds two feet in height. It was of this fort we 
made our effence for beer, and found it excellent for the 
purpofe. The other grows on the mountains, to a greater 
height, and bears a fmall nut or apple. We were told by 
the old Toion at St. Peter and St. Paul, that Beering, during 
the time he lay in that harbour, firft taught them the ufe of 
* KrafcheninikofF fays, that the tree here fpoken of, is a dwarf cedar, for that there is 
not a pine in the peninfula. 
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