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Paul Island, which belongs, the same as St. George Island, to
the Pribilof Islands and separated from it by a channel 60
miles wide.

On the 22nd, we saw Makushin Volcano with its constantly
smoking summit. Having a rather strong NW breeze, by 10
o'clock we approached the harbor where we caught up with three
single-hatch Aleut baidars [baidarkas?] returning with a full load of cod-
fish caught by them. They announced that the "Discovery" had
been in Unalashka for three days. Toward noon, accompanied
by the mentioned baidars, we entered the harbor and dropped
anchor near the "Discovery." Entering the harbor, the sloop
had seven and a half knots of speed and the baidars outdis-
tanced it. From this it is evident how fast and light these
skin boats are.

The day after our arrival we started the most necessary
repairs to the rigging. Preparing to sail on a most stormy,
and very unjustly called Pacific Ocean, especially around the
equinox, we tightened the lower mast shrouds, and as
an aid put on the auxiliary shrouds.

The manager, [ Ivan Vasilevich] Kriukov, told us that on
the northeast side almost at the entrance to the harbor, at
the foot of a high mountain, is a hot spring. Our naturalist,
desiring to investigate its character, was dispatched there in
a cutter on the 25th in the company of officers not otherwise
busy with tasks, and with the son of Kriukov. We were told
that it shoots up out of the ground an arshin or more, that it