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A VOYAGE TO 
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October. 
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Sunday 11. 
Wcdnef. 14. 
perfon, than by thefe men to that of Beering. The trade 
in which they are engaged is very beneficial; and its being 
undertaken and extended to the Eaftward of Kamtfchatka, 
was the immediate confluence of the fecond voyage of that 
able navigator, whofe misfortunes proved to be the fource 
of much private advantage to individuals, and of public 
utility to the Ruffian nation. And yet, if his diflreffes had 
not accidentally carried him to die in the ifland which bears 
his name, and from whence the miferable remnant of his 
fhip’s crew brought back fufficient fpecimens of its valu¬ 
able furs, probably the Ruffians never would have under¬ 
taken any future voyages, which could lead them to make 
difcoveries in this fea, toward the coaft of America. Indeed, 
after his time, government feems to have paid lefs atten¬ 
tion to this ; and we owe what difcoveries have been fince 
made, principally to the enterprifing fpirit of private traders, 
encouraged, however, by the fuperintending care of the 
Court of Peterfburg. The three Ruffians having remained 
with me all night, vilited Captain Clerke next morning; 
and then left us, very well fatisfied with the reception they 
had met with; promifing to return in a few days, and to 
bring with them a chart of the iflands lying between Oona- 
laffika and Kamtfchatka. 
On the 14th, in the evening, while Mr. Webber and I 
were at a village at a fmall diftance from Samganoodha, a 
Ruffian landed there, who, I found, was the principal perfon 
amongfl his countrymen in this and the neighbouring 
iflands. His name was Eraflm Gregorioff Sin Ifmyloff. He 
arrived in a canoe carrying three perfons, attended by 
twenty or thirty other canoes, each conduced by one man. 
I took notice, that the firft thing they did, after landing, was 
to make a fmall tent for Ifmyloff, of materials which they 
* brought 
