THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
471 
Beering did before me, that this is the moft Eaftern point 1778. 
of Alia. It is a peninfula of conliderable height, joined to September. 
the continent by a very low, and, to appearance, narrow 
neck of land. It fhews a fteep rocky cliff next the fea; and 
off the very point are fome rocks like fpires. It is fttuated 
in the latitude of 66° 6 7 , and in the longitude of 190° 22 / ; 
and is diftant from Cape Prince of Wales, on the American 
coaft, thirteen leagues, in the direction of North, 53 0 Weft. 
The land about this promontory is compofed of hills and 
vallies. The former terminate at the fea in fteep rocky 
points, and the latter in low Ihores. The hills feemed to be 
naked rocks ; but the vallies had a greenifh hue, but defti- 
tute of tree or fhrub. 
After palling the Cape, I fteered South Weft half Weft, 
for the Northern point of St. Laurence Bay, in which we 
had anchored on the 10th of laft month. We reached it by 
eight o’clock next morning, and faw fome of the inhabi- Thurfday 3, 
tants at the place where I had feen them before, as well as 
feveral others on the oppolite fide of the bay. None of 
them, however, attempted to come off to us; which feemed 
a little extraordinary, as the weather was favourable enough; 
and thofe whom we had lately vilited had no reafon, that I 
know of, to dillike our company. Thefe people mult be 
the Tfchutlki; a nation that, at the time Mr. Muller wrote, 
the Ruffians had not been able to conquer. And, from 
the whole of their conduct with us, it appears that they 
have not, as yet, brought them under fubjeffion; though 
it is obvious that they muff have a trade with the Ruftians, 
either directly, or by means of fome neighbouring nation ; 
as we cannot otherwife account for their being in poffef- 
lion of the fpontoons, in particular, of which we took 
notice. 
This 
