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and Korelin, with thirty-four of the crew, to land. They paffed over the eastern extremity of the island, and returned fafe the beginning of September. During this expedition, they faw feveral remains of fox-traps, which had been fet by the Ruf fans; and met with feveral of the natives, who fhewed fome tribute-quittances. On the fame day letters were brought by the iflanders from Melvedeff and Korovin, who were just arrived at Umnak and Unalafhka, in two veffels, fitted out by the merchants Protoffoff and Traperfnikofft.

On the sad, Drufinin failed to the northern point of Unalashka, about fifteen verfts from Unmak. The crew, having laid up the veffel in a safe harbour, and brought the lading on fhore, made preparations to construct a hut. Here they received information of a hunting party fent from Traperfnikoff's fhip. Upon which three companies of their own men were dispatched on the fame errand; one confifting of eleven men, among whom was Korelin, under the command of Peter Tfekaleff; a fecond, of the fame number, under Michael Kudyakoff; and a third, of nine men, under Yaphim Kafhirtyn. Of these three parties, Tiekaleff's was the only one of which we have received any circumftantial account; for not a fingle perfon of the other two parties, or of the crew remaining on board, ever returned to Kamtchatka.

Kashirtyn remained near the haven,

and the two other companies were dif patched to the northern part of the island. Kudyakoff ftopped at a place called Kalaktak, which contained forty inhabitants. Tfekaleff went on to Onalok, about thirty verfts from Kalaktak. He found there a dwelling with about feventy inhabitants, to whom he behaved with kindness. He built a hut for himself and his companions, and kept a conftant watch.

On the 4th of December, fix of the party being dispatched to look after the pit-falls, there remained only five Ruffians, namely, Tfekaleff, Korelin, Bragin, Shaffyrin, and Kokovin.

The islanders took this opportunity of giving the first proof of their hoftile intentions, which they had hitherto concealed. As Tfekaleff and Shaffyrin were upon a vifit to them, the latter fuddenly, and without any provocation, ftruck Tiekaleff upon the head with a club, and afterwards ftabbed him with knives. They next fell upon Shaffyrin, who defended himself with a hatchet, and, though desperately wounded, forced his way back to his companions. Bragin and Korelin, who remained in the hut, had immediate recourfe to their fire-arms; but Kokovin, who was at a fmall diftance, was furrounded by the favages, and thrown down. They continued ftabbing him with knives and darts, till Korelin came to his affiftance; the latter having wounded two islanders, and driven away the

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fcreens, and fled till they gained their boats, into which they threw themselves, and rowed off. They had feventeen large baidars, and a number of small canoes. fcreens which they left behind were made of three rows of stakes, placed perpendicularly, and bound together with fea-weed and ofiers. They were twelve feet broad, and above half a yard thick. In the fequel he was reconciled to these islanders, and trafficked for fome time with them; but an entire confidence being impoffible, he left Kadyac, and on the 3d of July arrived again at Umnak. Here he found his former hut in ruins, and near it a Ruffian dwelling, built in his abfence, in which was a murdered Ruffian, whofe face none of them knew. Glottoff, refolving to procure further information, went across the island on the 5th of July, accompanied by fixteen of his crew. He discovered the remains of a burnt veffel, fome prayer-books, images, &c. Near the fpot he found a bathing-room, filled with murdered Ruffians in their clothes. From fome marks he concluded, that this was the veffel fitted out by Protoffoff (one of the four that had failed from Kamtchatka in 1762.) Nor was he miftaken in his conjectures. He had found means to perfuade one of the iflanders to come on board, from whom he learned the fate of this veffel, of which they had made themselves mafters; and likewife gained fome intelligence of the remaining small body of fugitives under the command of Korovin, of which mention will be made in a fubfequent note. He confeffed also, that their defign was to entice Glottoff on fhore, and then to kill him. In confequence of the intelligence he procured of Korovin, he fet out with ten men, for that part of the island where he expected to find him, and with extreme difficulty at laft happily fucceeded. Glottoff wintered in this island two years, and in August, 1766, arrived safe in Kamtchatka river.

Thefe were two of the veffels that had failed at the same time with Druĥinin, for the Fox-Ilands, in 1762.

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Soon afterwards the natives furrounded the hut, which the Ruffians had taken the precaution to provide with fhooting-holes. The fiege latted four days without intermiffion. The islanders were prevented indeed by the fire-arms from ftorming the hut; but, whenever the Ruffians made their appearance, darts were thot at them from all fides; fo that they could not venture to go out for water. At length, when Shaffyrin and Kokovin were a little recovered, they all fallied out with their guns and lances Three perfons were killed upon the spot, and several wounded; upon which the others fied. During the ficge, the favages were feen at a little diftance bearing fome arms and caps, and holding them up in triumph. These belonged to the fix Ruffians, who had been fent to the pit-falls, and had fallen a facrifice to the refentment of the natives.

The latter no fooner disappeared, than the Ruffians dragged the baidar into the fea, and rowed without moleftation out of the bay, which is about ten verits broad. They next landed near a small habitation; and finding it empty, they drew the baidar ahore, and went with their fire-arms and lances across the mountains, towards Kalaktak, where they had left Kudyakoff's party.

ance of their own veflet. During that day they kept themselves closely concealed, and durft not venture again towards the haven before the evening. Upon their arrival, they found the vessel broken to pieces, and the dead bodies of their companions lying mangled along the beach. Having col lected the provifion which had been untouched by the favages, they returned to the mountains.

The following day they scooped out a cavity from the foot of a mountain, fituated about three verits from the haven, and covered it with a piece of a fail. In the evening they returned to the haven, and found there the image of a faint and a prayer-book. All the tackle and lading were taken away, excepting the facks for provifion.

These facks were made of leather. The natives had ripped them up, probably to fee if they contained any iron, and had left them behind, together with the provision, as useless. The Ruffians collected all that remained, and dragged as much as they were able to their retreat in the mountains, where they lived in a very wretched state from the 9th of December to the ad of February, 1764.

Mean while they employed themselves in making a little baidar, which they covered with the leather of their facks. Ha ving drawn it at night from the mountains As they approached that place towards to the fea, they rowed without waiting for evening, they fired from the heights; but break of day along the northern coast of no fignal being returned, they concluded, Unalafchka, in order to reach Traperfnias was really the cafe, that this company koff's veffel, which, they had reason to had been maffacred by the inhabitants. think, lay at anchor fome where upon the They themselves narrowly escaped the coaft. They rowed at fome distance from fame fate; for, immediately upon the re- the fhore, and by that means passed three port of the fire-arms, numerous bodies habitations unperceived. The following made their appearance, and closely purfu- day they observed at some distance five ed the Ruffians. Darkness, however, iflanders in a baidar, who, upon feeing coming on, the latter found means to ef- them, made to Makufhins, before which cape over the fandy fhore of a bay to a place the fugitives were obliged to pafs. rock, where they were sheltered, and could Darkness coming on, the Ruffians landed defend themselves. They here made fo on a rock, and paffed the night afhore. good a use of their arms, that the island- Early in the morning they discovered the ers thought proper to retire. The fugi- islanders advancing towards them from tives, as foon as their purfuers were with the bay of Makufhinfk. Upon this they drawn, feized the opportunity of proceed-placed themselves in an advantageous post, ing towards the haven, where their vefiel and prepared for defence. laid at anchor. They ran without interruption the whole night, and at break of day, when they were about three verfts from the haven, they efpied a locker of the veffel lying on the thore. Struck with aftonishment at this alarming discovery, they retreated with precipitation to the mountains, whence they defcried several flanders rowing in canoes, but no appear

The favages rowed close to the beach part landing, and part remaining in their baidars, they commenced the affault by a volley of darts; and, notwithstanding the Ruffians did great execution with their fire-arms, the skirmish continued the whole day. Towards evening the enemy retired, and the fugitives betook themselves with their canoe to an adjoining cavern, The

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attack was again renewed during the night; but the Ruffians were fo advantageoufly pofted, that they repulfed the affailants without much difficulty. In this encounter, Bragin was flightly wounded. They remained in this place three days; but the fea, rifing at a fpring-tide into the rock, forced them to fally out towards a neighbouring cavern, which they reached without lofs, notwithstandding the oppofition of the inlanders.

They were imprisoned in this cave five weeks, and kept watch by turns. During that time they feldom ventured twenty yards from the entrance; and were obliged

to quench their thirft with fnow-water, and with the moisture dripping from the rock. They fuffered alfo greatly from hunger, having no fuftenance but small fhell-fish, which they occafionally found means to collect upon the beach, Com-' pelled at length by extreme want, they' one night ventured to draw their baidar into the fea, and were fortunate enough ́ to get off unperceived.

They continued rowing at night, but în the day they hid themselves on the fhore; by this means they efcaped unobferved from the bay of Makushinfk, and reached Traperfnikoff's veffel *the 30th of March,

This was the second vessel which failed from Kamtchatka in 1762. It was named the Trinity, under the command of Korovin, and manned by 38 Ruffians and 6 Kamtchadals. On the 8th of October they arrived at Beering's ifland, where they: wintered, and ftaid till the aft of August, 1763. On his arrival here the preceding autumn, Korovin had found the veffel fitted out by Jacob Protoffoff, one of the four which failed from Kamtchatka in 1762. As the whole crew was maffacred by the favages, we have no account of the voyage. Sailing hence, on the 15th of August, Korovin arrived ot Unalashska. Here he wintered, and sustained a variety of attacks from the natives. On the 30th of March, 1764, he was joined here by Korelin and. the three other Ruffians, whose wonderful efcape is the fubject of the narrative in the text. By this reinforcement his diminished crew now amounted to 18 perfons. With thefe and 11 hostages, he put to fea on the 26th of April. The veffel was driven till: the 28th by contrary winds, and then ftranded in a bay of the ifland Umnak. The ammunition and fails, together with the skins for the conftruction of baidars, were brought to fhore with great difficulty. During the difembarkation one fick man was: drowned, another died as foon as he came to land, and 8 hostages ran away amidst the general confufion. Their whole number now amounted to 16 Ruffians, and of thefe three were fick of the fcurvy. Thus circumftanced they fecured themfelves between the baidar and some empty barrels, covered with feal-skins, while the fails were spread over them in form of a tent. Two Ruffians kept watch, and there being no appearance of any iflanders the others retired to fleep. But before break of day, about a hundred favages affembled fecretly, and at the diftance of twenty yards threw their darts with fuch force, that many of them pierced through the baidar and the skins, and others fell from above through the fails. The two perfons who kept watch, with the three hottages, were killed on the fpot, and all the Ruffians wounded. The latter were fo effectually furprized as to be prevented from having recourse to their fire-arms. In this diftrefs Korovin fallied out with four Ruffians, and attacking the enemy with lances, two of them were killed, and the reft driven to flight. Korovin and his party were fo feverely wounded, that they had fcarcely ftrength fufficient to return to their tent. This was not the last attack, nor did their distresses end here. Sickness and mifery detained them till the 21st of July, when they put to fea in a baidar, which they had constructed in order to make to Protoffoff's veffel, with whofe fate they were ftill unacquainted. Their number was now reduced to fix Ruffians and fix Kamtchadals. Rowing for about ten days, they landed at length on the beach of the island of Umnak. Here they found the remains of a veffel which had been burnt. At a small distance was an empty Ruffian dwelling, and near it twenty dead bodies in their clothes. Each of them had a thong of leather fastened about his neck, with which he had been dragged along. They recollected them to have been fome of those who had failed in Protoffoff's veffel, and could diftinguish among the rest the Commander Medvedeff. After having buried his unfortunate countrymen, Korovin and his companions began to build a hut. They were prevented, however, from finishing it, by the unexpected arrival of Glottoff, who came to them with a small party by land. Korovin and his party accordingly joined Glottoff, and rowed the next day to his veffel. Korovin was now fent upon feveral hunting parties, in which he had a variety of escapes from the attacks of the natives. In one of thefe expeditions, he found a ship lying off the

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March, 1764. Shaffyrin alone of all the four died of fickness during the voyage back; but Bragin, Korelin, and Kokovin returned fafe to Kamtchatka. The names

of these brave men deserve our admiration, for the courage and perfeverance with which they fupported and overcame such imminent dangers.

western point of the island. This proved to be the Holy Apoftles Peter and Paul, which had failed from Kamtchatka in 1764, under the command of Ivan Sokovi ff. In the the fequel Korovin quitted Glottoff, and went over with five other Ruffians to Sokovieff, with whom he returned the following year to Kamtchatka.

ACCOUNT of a New Entertainment called THE GENIUS or NONSENSE, performed at the Haymarket Theatre.

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HE old fabulous hiftory of Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, is the foundation on which this after-piece is worked; and in the escapes, concealments, metamorphofes, and the denouement, differs very little from its numerous predeceffors; but the wit, humour, and temporary fatire with which the author has enlivened the whole, place it in fo eminent a degree above every competitor, that it may be impartially pronounced to be the Prince of Pantomimes.

The Characters of the Piece were thus sepresented:

Harlequin, Vocal and Rhetorical, Mr. Bannifter, junior; Ditto, Mum, Mr. Lamath; Agreeable Companion, in a PoftChaife, Mr. Webb; Landlord, Mr. Ufher; Dame Turton, Goody Burton, and Gammer Gurton, Meffrs. Edwin, Wood, and Bannister; Pantaloon, Mr. Maffey; Clown, Mr. Huffey; Head Boy of the Marine Society, Master Edwin; Officer in the Camp, Mr. Wood; Attendant, Mr. Stevens; Irishman, Mr. Egan; Emperor of the Quacks, Mr. Bannifter, jun. Columbine, Mifs Wewitzer; Maid, Mifs Wood; Chambermaid, Miss W. Palmer; The Goddefs of Health, and Genius of Nonfenfe, Mrs. Cargill.

The firft fcene of the Genius of Nonfenfe exhibits Harlequin fitting crofe-legged, and confidering in what manner he Thall put himself to death, declaring, that, fince fuicide is the fashion, he will not be the laft to follow it; at length he determines to ftop his breath by fewing up his mouth, and just as he is preparing to put his purpose in practice, the Genius of Nonfenfe appears, and addrelles him; Harlequin begs he will not break the thread of his argument, and tells her, fo much nonfenfe has been lately put into his mouth at the winter theatres, that he is determined to few it up, and speak no more; he adds, that if half the Members of both Houses of Parliament, and all the members of the debating focieties, would follow his exam

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ple, the public would be infinitely obliged to them. The Genius of Nonfenfe afks him, if he conceived the Town was more entertained at his mummery, than fince his mouth had been opened? Harlequin an fwers, Moft certainly; that formerly, when his mummery was well contrived, he had wit at his fingers ends, and fatire in every tumble; but that dullness and dialogue came in together. The Genius of Nonfenfe announces her title, and bids Harlequin forbear his purpose. Harlequin is much amazed, and fays he had always confidered Genius and Nonsense to be irreconcileable terms; to which the Genius replies, Quite the contrary; it requires a great deal of Genius to give Nonfense spie rit.' She then gives Harlequin an account of herself; and fays, before the Reformation the had always prefided in the Church that, from that period to the Revolution, the had fhifted her patronage, engroffed the law, and fat frequently in Council: At the Revolution, Senfe brought a writ of Habeas corpus, and ettablished the right of Nonfenfe by the decifion of an English Jury. At the prefent day, the was now and then to be met with in Parliament, had fome few strong-holds in the Church, was always to be found at the Tabernacle and Foundery, might occafionally be traced to the College of Phyficians, and fometimes vifited the Royal Society; but that Harlequin was at all times, and in all ages, the object of her peculiar care, and that now the appeared merely to excite him to pleasure, which had ever been his favourite purfuit. The Genius of Nonfenfe, and Harlequin, here fing the fol lowing duet :

GENIUS. Oh, follow then, where Nonfenfe paints the

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HARLEQUIN.
Yes, thou goddefs fair and free!
Blithful as Euphrofyne!
Harlequin fhall follow thee:

Thou his joys fhalt crown!
Still in triumph thou shalt ride,
Nonfenfe thall his actions guide,
Pleasure o'er his steps prefide,

Friking up and down.

The watchman, calling paft fix o'clock, fummons Harlequin away, and the fcene changes to the infide of a chamber, where Columbine and her father are fitting at tea; Harlequin, having gained admittance by an extraordinary leap into the one pair of ftairs window, contrives to carry off Columbine, and fink her father through a trap under the stage; after fome more pantomime with the Clown, the fcene fhifts again to a representation of the north front of Weltminiter abbey. A number of perfons enter the Abbey, in order to fee the tombs, and they are followed by Dame Turton, Goody Burton, and Gammer Gurton, who fing a trio, and on the fight of a tomb-ftone, the following celebrated catch, fet to music by Dr. Harrington of Bath:

CATCH.

Look, neighbours, look! Here lies poor Thomas Day, Dead and turn'd to clay !

Does he fo!

What, Old Thomas? No. What, Young Thomas? Ay.

Good lack-a-day!

The scene changes to the infide of the Abbey, and exhibits a number of people viewing the tombs: Harlequin and Columbine follow; and, after affuming a difguife, place themselves upon a monument as the principal figures of it. Pantaloon and the Clown enter in purfuit, and the latter difcovering the young pair, Columbine is forced away, and Harlequin ef capes. The motley hero is next feen la menting the lofs of his Columbine. A porter brings him a letter, in which he is informed that his mistress is carried off by her father to the camp at Dartford, and from thence to Gravefend. Harlequin

prepares to follow, when he is accosted by a fat fellow, who declares himself to be an Agreeable Companion in a poft chaife, and that he wants a partner to Gravefend; after fome laugh upon the meaning of the traveller's defcription of himself, which, Harlequin fays, is merely that he can fleep three parts of the way, and pay half the expences, they fet off together. When they arrive at an inn on the road, Har

lequin afks the landlord what they can
have for fupper? Bonniface tells him, a
nice blade bone of mutton was then on
the fire; the Agreeable Companion pro-
feffing himself to be very hungry, they fit
down together, and the landlord leaves
them, after he has faid, 'much good may
do them; upon which Harlequin ob-
ferves, that much good must then be done
with a very little, for he never faw a
fmaller blade-bone in his life, nor one
with lefs meat upon it. The Agreeable
Companion giving proof of a voracious
appetite, Harlequin has recourfe to strata-
gem to fave his fupper, and begins bark-
ing like a dog. His companion is alarm-
ed, and afks the reafon of this fange
conduct. Harlequin bids him fear no-
thing; that he has only been bit by
a fmall pug, and, as he was going
down to the falt water to be dipped, does
not doubt but he fhall foon be better,
This anfwers the end, and the Companion,
in great confufion, leaves Harlequin and
the room; Harlequin then enjoys himself,
and fwallows the reft of the mutton;
after which the landlord enters, and with
apparent dread approaches the table; he
tells Harlequin, that his fellow-traveller
had reported that he was mad, and had a
whole kennel of hounds in his belly;
Harlequin laughs heartily, and fays, he
only was mad for fear he fhould lofe his
fupper, and that he has nothing in his
belly but the bit of mutton which he had
brought in, and that was no great matter
neither. He then gives the landlord an
account of his imitative faculties: and,
after obferving that his talents were
rather rhetorical than vocal, and that he
has not fo good an ear as his father, fpeaks
the lines of the following air, accompany-
ing each verfe with animal imitations:
I'm after of Forte, Piano :-

Notes fuited to every cafe.
Like puppies, I yelp in Soprano,
Or growl, like a bull-dog, in base.
I can bark like a dog;

I can grunt like a hog:
Squeak like pigs; or like affes can bray ;
Or turn'd to a fowl,
I can hoot like an owl

Sure of all I'd be at,

Can crow fharp, and quack flat,

Or gobble, like turkies, all day. This over, Harlequin retires, and the fcene changes to a two-bedded chamber, into which the Agreeable Companion is introduced by the landlord; who tells him that the gentleman's barking was nothing more than a frolic to bite kim out of his

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