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strong that they broke three-inch thick planks.

On August 9th, Captain Vasilev sighted Cape Lisburne and
the coast of Asia. On this date he says, "We came out of the
Arctic Sea."

On August 13th, Captian Vasilev arrived at Cape Darby,
and learning that Lieut. Avinov had not been there, went to-
ward Stuart Island. Casting anchor there he sent Lieut. Boil
ashore in an armed longboat. This officer, returning on the
16th, reported, "The inhabitants who had come to this island
from Cape Stephens stated that they had never seen foreigners,
and that no vessel had ever visited them. To the south of
Cape Stephens," they continued, "flows into the sea a large
river, Kuiukht-pak [Yukon], from which shoals extend far out."

"Not finding the boat," says Cap. Vasilev, "we weighed
anchor, and taking a course W went to a depth of seven and
eight sazhens. Having rounded the shoals we bore up to the
eastern side of St. Lawrence Island, passed on the north side
of [St.] Matthew Island and among the Commander, Bering,
and Attu islands. On September 8 we arrived at the port of
Petropavlovsk, where we found the sailing boat.

Avinov's Voyage, 1821

Lieutenant Avinov reported to Cap. Vas. that on July 6th
he sailed from Bristol Bay toward Cape Newenham. A strong
wind and heavy seas forced him to head for Hagenmeister
[Hagemeister] Bay. Coming out of it on the 19th he surveyed
the shore to Cape Newenham, and from it, northward. On the