THE PACIFIC OCEAN* 
CHAP, XL 
Difcoveries after leaving Norton Sound.—Stuarfs IJland .— 
Cape Stephens, — Point Shallow-Water .— Shoals on the 
American Co aft, — Gierke's If and. — Gore's If and. — Pin¬ 
nacle If and.—Arrival at Oonalafhka.—Intercourfe with 
the Natives and Rujfan 'Traders. — Charts of the Ruffian 
Difcoveries, communicated by Mr. Ifmyloff.—Their Errors 
pointed out.—Situation of the Ifands vifted by the Ruffians, 
■—Account of their Settlement at Oonalafhka.—Of the Na¬ 
tives of the If and.—Their Perfons. — Drefs. — Ornaments .—«■ 
Food. — Houfes and domefic Utenfls. — Manufactures. —» 
Manner of producing Fire. — Canoes.—Fijhing and Hunting 
Implements. — Fifhes, and Sea Animals.—Sea and Water 
Fowls, and hand Birds.—Land Animals, and Vegetables.— 
Manner of burying the Dead.—Refemblance of the Natives' 
on this Side of America to the Greenlanders and Efqui - 
maux. — Tides.—Obfer vat ions for determining the Longitude 
of Oonalafhka. 
H AYING weighed, on the 17th in the morning, i 77 §. 
with a light breeze at Eaft, we fteered to the South- 
ward, and attempted to pafs within Befborough Ifland• but, Thursday \q. 
though it lies fix or feven miles from the continent, w'ere 
prevented, by meeting with fhoal water. As we had but 
little wind all the day, it was dark before we pafled the 
ifland; and the night was fpent under an eafy fail. 
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