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1779. pidity of the tides, and the funk rocks that are off the 
. oa ° ber \ Cape. From"Cape Gavareea to Lopatka, the coaft trends 
South Eaft. South of Achachinfkoi, the land is not fo 
high and broken as between that Bay and the mouth of 
Awatfka, being only of a moderate elevation toward the 
fea, with hills gradually riling farther back in the coun¬ 
try. The coaft is fteep and bold, and full of white chalky 
patches. 
At noon, the weather falling again to a calm, afforded us 
an opportunity of catching fome fine cod. We were, at this 
time, in forty fathoms water, and about five or fix leagues 
from Cape Lopatka. Both in the fore and afternoon, we 
had obfervations, with different compaffes, for the varia¬ 
tion, and found it to be 5 0 20' Eaft. 
We ftood on all night, under an eafy fail, to the South 
South Weft, having the wind Wefterly. At midnight we 
founded, and had lixty fathoms; and, at day-break of the 
Wednef. 13. 13th, we faw the fecond of the Kurile Iflands (called by the 
Ruffians Paramoufir),. extending from North Weft by Weft,, 
to Weft half South. This land is very high, and almoft 
entirely covered with fnow. At noon, the extremes bore 
from North North Weft half Weft, to Weft North Weft half 
Weft; and a high peaked mountain, from which fome 
thought they faw fmoke iffuing, North Weft by Weft half 
Weft, about twelve or fourteen Jeagues diftant. At this 
time our latitude, by obfervation, was 49 0 49", and our lon¬ 
gitude 157 0 o'. In the courfe of the day we faw many gulls 
and albatroffes, and feveral whales. 
Paramoufir is the largeft of the Kuriles under the domi¬ 
nion of Ruffia, and well deferves a more accurate furvey, 
than we were at this time allowed to take. For, in the af¬ 
ternoon, the gale increafing from the Weft, we were never 
able 
