TRAVELS IN KAMTSCHATKA, DURING THE YEARS 1787 AND 1788. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. DE LESSEPS, CONSUL OF FRANCE, AND INTERPRETER TO THE COUNT DE LA PEROUSE, NOW ENGAGED IN A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BY COMMAND OF HIS MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD. 1790. CONTENTS TO VOL. II. Page Departure from Poustaretsk 1 Find some concealed provisions 4 Painful travelling 5 Am guilty of an imprudence that injures my health 6 Cured by exercise 9 Meet three convoys sent to M. Kasloff 10 River Penguina 12 Arrival at Kaminoi _ib_ Koriacs falsely accused of rebellion 13 Description of Kaminoi 16 Baidars, or large boats 17 M. Schmaleff is obliged to quit me 18 Gives me a soldier named Yegor-Golikoff _ib_ Tempest 20 Arrival of seven Tchouktchis 21 Conversation with their chief 22 Account of two women who accosted me 31 Arrival at the camp of the Tchouktchis 36 Description of the camp 39 Dress of the women 42 Features 43 Commerce of the Tchouktchis 44 Arrival at Pareiné 46 History of a woman of Ingiga 47 Alarmed by a Koriac chief, who wishes to detain me 49 Departure from Pareiné 59 Meet a horde of wandering Koriacs 63 Contest with my people respecting the weather 65 Surprise them by the use I made of my compass 67 Terrible hurricane 70 Arrival at Ingiga 74 Account of a Koriac prince called Oumiavin 79 Extent of the country 83