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which I have not seen elsewhere. The Russian ships are reported as being at the Redoubt waiting for the store ship which had not arrived. One or two of our ships have been there but the reports are so various that no reliance can be placed on them. Start anew about 8 AM and down the river which has quite high hill or small mountains, bare of trees for half their height, about 2000 ft.; they are all on the W side and the mission too. Tea at about two P M and keep down rowing steadily. W side high E low all the way. Many sloughs and islands but the channel is quite evident and deep enough for any river boat. In the autumn moose are found at Kolmakoffsky. Deer abound on these mountains near the mission but are not much hunted. W side hills of quartzose slate rock in layers much contorted. Pass a village on the spur of