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mentioned cape. Here we had to rush into the open sea be-
cause the wind started to increase by the minute, and to-
ward midnight turned into a veritable storm with terrible
gusts. We found ourselves in such a position until the
ninth when it started to abate.

Toward morning of the 11th, being at the south side of
the Gvozdev Islands, we sighted the "Discovery" coming out
of Bering Strait. We went toward it immediately. Approach-
ing closely, the commander of the expedition asked about the
condition of our crew by way of the telegraph, and summoned
our captain to him. To execute this order, we lay to and
lowered a tender because the swell was still too great for
small vessels. The captain and the officers who were free
from watch went on the tender. Getting there, our first ques-
tion was about the fate of the boat, which we did not see with
the "Discovery." We learned that the boat was at Cape Newen-
ham, seperated from the "Discovery," that this vessel, under
command of Lieutenant Avinov (who is now a vice-admiral) who
was given an assistant Midshipman Hall and Pilot Korgruev, was
detailed to survey Bristol Bay, and afterward, in order to
join the "Discovery," had instructions to attempt to be in
Norton Sound by August 15, where the latter was presently
directing its course.

After remaining with our comrades until evening, we
went back to our sloop, and we no sooner arrived, when we
lost the "Discovery" from sight. We took a course toward