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in for the fhore. The country here is exceedingly hilly 1778. 
and naked. In feveral places on the low ground, next the i Se -P^ mber ; 
fea, were the dwellings of the natives; and near all of 
them were eredted ftages of bones, fuch as before defcribed. 
Thefe may be feen at a great diftance, on account of their 
whitenefs. 
At noon the latitude was 64° 38', and the longitude 
188° 15'; the Southernmoft point of the main in light bore 
South, 48° Weft; and the neareft fhore about three or four 
leagues diftant. By this time, the wind had veered again 
to the North, and blew a gentle breeze. The weather was 
clear, and the air cold. I did not follow the direction of 
the coaft, as I found that it took a Wefterly diredtion to¬ 
ward the Gulf of Anadir, into which I had no induce¬ 
ment to go, but fteered to the Southward, in order to get 
a light of the Illand of St. Laurence, difcovered by Beer¬ 
ing ; which accordingly Ihewed itfelf, and, at eight o’clock 
in the evening, it bore South, 20° Eaft; by eftimation, 
eleven leagues diftant. At the fame time, the Southern¬ 
moft point of the main land bore South, 83° Weft, diftant 
twelve leagues. I take this to be the point which Beering 
calls the Eaft Point of Suchotlki, or Cape Tfchukotjkoi ; a 
name which he gave it, and with propriety, becaufe it 
was from this part of the coaft that the natives came off 
to him, who called themfelves of the nation of the 
Tfchutlki. I make its latitude to be 64° 13', and its longi¬ 
tude 186° 36'. 
In juftice to the memory of Beering, I mull fay, that he 
has delineated the coaft very well, and fixed the latitude and 
longitude of the points better than could be expedted from 
the methods he had to go by. This judgment is not formed 
from Mr. Muller’s account of the voyage, or the chart pre- 
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