A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 | Page 2

Departure and Character.
III. Continuation of Transactions in the Harbour of St Peter and St Paul.
Abundance of Fish. Death of a Seaman belonging to the Resolution.
The Russian Hospital put under the Care of the Ship's Surgeons. Supply
of Flour and Cattle. Celebration of the King's Birth-day. Difficulties in
Sailing out of the Bay. Eruption of a Volcano. Steer to the Northward.
Cheepoonskoi Noss. Errors of the Russian Charts. Kamptschatskoi
Noss. Island of St. Laurence. View, from the same Point, of the Coasts
Asia and America, and the Islands of St. Diomede. Various Attempts to
get to the North, between the two Continents. Obstructed by
impenetrable Ice. Sea-horses and White Bears killed. Captain Clerke's
Determination and future Designs.
IV. Fruitless Attempts to penetrate through Ice to the North-West.
Dangerous Situation of the Discovery. Sea-horses killed. Fresh
Obstructions from the Ice. Report of Damages, received by the
Discovery. Captain Clerke's Determination to proceed to the Southward.
Joy of the Ships' Crews on that Occasion. Pass Serdze Kamen. Return
through Beering's Strait. Enquiry into the Extent of the North-East
Coast of Asia. Reasons for rejecting Muller's Map of the Promontory of
the Tschutski. Reasons for believing the Coast does not reach a higher
Latitude than 70-2/3° North. General Observations on the
Impracticability of a North-East or North-West Passage from the
Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean. Comparative View of the Progress
made in the Years 1778 and 1779. Remarks on the Sea and Sea-coasts,
North of Beering's Strait. History of the Voyage resumed. Pass the
Island of St. Laurence. The Island of Mednoi. Death of Captain Clerke.
Short Account of his Services.

V. Return to the Harbour of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Promotion of
Officers. Funeral of Captain Clerke. Damages of the Discovery
repaired. Various other Occupations of the Ships' Crews. Letters from
the Commander. Supply of Flour and Naval Stores from a Russian
Galliot. Account of an Exile. Bear-hunting and Fishing Parties.
Disgrace of the Serjeant. Celebration of the King's Coronation Day, and
Visit from the Commander. The Serjeant reinstated. A Russian Soldier
promoted at our Request. Remarks on the Discipline of the Russian
Army. Church at Paratounca. Method of Bear-hunting. Farther Account
of the Bears and Kamtschadales. Inscription to the Memory of Captain
Clerke. Supply of Cattle. Entertainments on the Empress's Name Day.
Present from the Commander. Attempt of a Marine to desert. Work out
of the Bay. Nautical and Geographical Description of Awatska Bay.
Astronomical Tables and Observations.
VI. General Account of Kamtschatka. Geographical Description.
Rivers. Soil. Climate. Volcanoes. Hot Springs. Productions. Vegetables.
Animals. Birds. Fish.
VII. General Account of Kamtschatka, continued. Of the Inhabitants.
Origin of the Kamtschadales. Discovered by the Russians. Abstract of
their History. Numbers. Present State. Of the Russian Commerce in
Kamtschatka. Of the Kamtschadale Habitations, and Dress. Of the
Kurile Islands. The Koreki. The Tschutski.
VIII. Plan of our future Proceedings. Course to the Southward, along
the Coast of Kamtschatka. Cape Lopatka. Pass the Islands Shoomska
and Paramousir. Driven to the Eastward of the Kuriles. Singular
Situation with respect to the pretended Discoveries of former
Navigators. Fruitless Attempts to reach the Islands North of Japan.
Geographical Conclusions. View of the Coast of Japan. Run along the
East Side. Pass two Japanese Vessels. Driven off the Coast by contrary
Winds. Extraordinary Effect of Currents. Steer for the Bashees. Pass
large Quantities of Pumice Stone. Discover Sulphur Island. Pass the
Pratas. Isles of Lema, and Ladrone Island. Chinese Pilot taken on board
the Resolution. Journals of the Officers and Men secured.
IX. Working up to Macao. A Chinese Comprador. Sent on Shore to

visit the Portuguese Governor. Effects of the Intelligence we received
from Europe. Anchor in the Typa. Passage up to Canton. Bocca Tygris.
Wampu. Description of a Sampane. Reception at the English Factory.
Instance of the suspicious Character of the Chinese. Of their Mode of
trading. Of the City of Canton. Its Size. Population. Number of
Sampanes. Military Force. Of the Streets and Houses. Visit to a
Chinese. Return to Macao. Great Demand for the Sea-Otter Skins. Plan
of a Voyage for opening a Fur-Trade on the Western Coast of America,
and prosecuting further Discoveries in the Neighbourhood of Japan.
Departure from Macao. Price of Provisions in China.
X. Leave the Typa. Orders of the Court of France respecting Captain
Cook. Resolutions in consequence thereof. Strike Soundings on the
Macclesfield Banks. Pass Pulo Sapata. Steer for Pulo Condore. Anchor
at Pulo Condore. Transactions during our Stay. Journey to the principal
Town. Receive a Visit from a Mandarin. Examine his Letters.
Refreshments to be procured. Description, and present State of the
Island. Its Produce. An Assertion of M. Sonnerat refuted. Astronomical
and Nautical Observations.
XI. Departure from Pulo Condore. Pass the Straits of Banca. View of
the Island of Sumatra. Straits of Sunda. Occurrences there. Description