Behaviour of the Natives, the Tschutski, on seeing the 409 Ships.—Interview with some of them.—Their Weapons.—Persons.— Ornaments.—Clothing.—Winter and Summer Habitations.—The Ships cross the Strait to the Coast of America.—Progress northward.—Cape Mulgrave.—Appearance of Fields of Ice.— Situation of Icy Cape.—The Sea blocked up with Ice.— Sea-horses killed, and used as Provisions.—These Animals described.—Dimensions of one of them.—Cape Lisburne.— Fruitless Attempts to get through the Ice, at a Distance from the Coast.—Observations on the Formation of this Ice.— Arrival on the Coast of Asia.—Cape North.—The Prosecution of the Voyage deferred to the ensuing Year CHAP. X. Return from Cape North, along the Coast of Asia.—Views of 427 the Country.—Burney’s Island.—Cape Serdze Kamen, the northern Limit of Beering’s Voyage.—Pass the East Cape of Asia.—Description and Situation of it.—Observations on Muller.—The Tschutski.—Bay of St. Laurence.—Two other Bays, and Habitations of the Natives.—Beering’s Cape Tschukotskoi.—Beering’s Position of this Coast accurate.— Island of Saint Laurence.—Pass to the American Coast.—Cape Darby.—Bald Head.—Cape Denbigh, on a Peninsula.—Besborough Island.—Wood and Water procured.—Visits from the Natives.— Their Persons and Habitations.—Produce of the Country.—Marks that the Peninsula had formerly been surrounded by the Sea.— Lieutenant King’s Report.—Norton Sound.—Lunar Observations there.—Stæhlin’s Map proved to be erroneous.—Plan of future Operations CHAP. XI. Discoveries after leaving Norton Sound.—Stuart’s Island.— 447 Cape Stephens.—Point Shallow-water.—Shoals on the American Coast.—Clerke’s Island.—Gore’s Island.—Pinnacle Island.— Arrival at Oonalashka.—Intercourse with the Natives and Russian Traders.—Charts of the Russian Discoveries, communicated by Mr. Ismyloff.—Their Errors pointed out.— Situation of the Islands visited by the Russians.—Account of their Settlement at Oonalashka.—Of the Natives of the Island.—Their Persons.—Dress.—Ornaments.—Food.—Houses, and domestic Utensils.—Manufactures.—Manner of producing Fire.— Canoes.—Fishing and hunting Implements.—Fishes, and Sea Animals.—Sea and Water Fowls, and Land Birds.—Land Animals and Vegetables.—Manner of burying their Dead.—Resemblance of the Natives on this Side of America to the Greenlanders and Esquimaux.—Tides.—Observations for determining the Longitude of Oonalashka CHAP. XII.