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rejoining the sloop, and his having to go directly to Una-
lashka,a distance of 40 miles from Bogoslof Island; and taking
a map of the Kamchatka Sea, a compass, a chronometer, a sextant,
and the log, they left at six-o'clock in the morning. Toward
nine o'clock they approached the island, and rounding its
eastern end, disasppeared behind it. At ten o'clock the pre-
viously quiet SE changed to a NE and brought a thick fog.
The situation of our tender became very unpleasant. We, on
our side, used all possible means to lead it out of this pre-
dicament. We came closer to the island, lay to, and started
to beat the drums, to ring the bells, and fired the cannons
every ten minues to indicate our position to him. But as these
means are very inexact near high shores, and the noise re-
flecting from them may be heard from various sides, the cap-
tain decided to remain lying to until the clearing of the fog,
and after that, to take measures suitable for the situation.
The fog began to lift about three o'clock, and we saw our tender
coming directly toward us, and in one hour it joined us.

Lieutenant Lazarev reported that, before the fog, they
came so close to the island that they could have landed on the
long low sandspit extending from the eastern end almost a mile
into the sea if they had not been prevented by an infinite
quantity of sea lions settled down on it. It is very dangerous
to approach these sea monsters when they are on land. The
sea lion attacks people when they bar his way to the water,
and is able, with his terrible jaws filled with pointed round