Chapter II: Part I

Containing Preliminary Observations concerning KAMTCHATKA,
and Account of the NEW DISCOVERIES made by the _Russians_, p. 3--16.

Chap. I. Discovery and Conquest of _Kamtchatka_--Present
state of that Peninsula--Population--Tribute--Productions,
&c. p. 3.

Chap. II. General idea of the commerce carried on to the
New Discovered Islands--Equipment of the vessels--Risks of
the trade, profits, &c. p. 8.

Chap. III. Furs and skins procured from _Kamtchatka_ and
the New Discovered Islands, p. 12.

Account of the RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES, p. 19.

Chap. I. Commencement and progress of the _Russian_
Discoveries in the sea of _Kamtchatka_--General division of
the New Discovered Islands, ibid.

Chap. II. Voyages in 1745--First discovery of the _Aleütian
Isles_, by _Michael Nevodsikoff_, p. 29.

Chap. III. Successive voyages, from 1747 to 1753, to
_Beering's_ and _Copper Island_, and to the _Aleütian
Isles_--Some account of the inhabitants, p. 37.

Chap. IV. Voyages from 1753 to 1756. Some of the further
_Aleütian_ or _Fox Islands_ touched at by _Serebranikoff's_
vessel--Some account of the natives, p. 48.

Chap. V. Voyages from 1756 to 1758, p. 54.

Chap. VI. Voyages in 1758, 1759, and 1760, to the _Fox
Islands_, in the _St. Vladimir_, fitted out by
_Trapesnikoff_--and in the _Gabriel_, by _Bethshevin_--The
latter, under the command of _Pushkareff_, sails to _Alaksu_,
or _Alachshak_, one of the remotest Eastern Islands
hitherto visited--Some account of its inhabitants, and
productions, which latter are different from those of the
more Western islands, p. 61.

Chap. VII. Voyage of _Andrean Tolstyk_, in the _St. Andrean_
and _Natalia_--Discovery of some New Islands, called
_Andreanoffsky Ostrova_--Description of six of those islands, p. 71.

Chap. VIII. Voyage of the _Zacharias_ and _Elizabeth_,
fitted out by _Kulkoff_, and commanded by _Dausinin_--They
sail to _Umnak_ and _Unalashka_, and winter upon the latter
island--The vessel destroyed, and all the crew, except four,
murdered by the islanders--The adventures of those four
_Russians_, and their wonderful escape, p. 80.

Chap. IX. Voyage of the vessel called the _Trinity_, under
the command of _Korovin_--Sails to the _Fox Islands_--Winters
at _Unalashka_--Puts to sea the spring following--The vessel
is stranded in a bay of the island _Umnak_, and the crew
attacked by the natives--Many of them killed--others carried
off by sickness---They are reduced to great streights--Relieved
by _Glottoff_, twelve of the whole company only
remaining--Description of _Umnak_ and _Unalashka_, p. 89.

Chap. X. Voyage of _Stephen Glottoff_--He reaches the _Fox
Islands_--Sails beyond _Unalashika_ to _Kadyak_--Winters
upon that island--Repeated attempts of the natives to destroy
the crew--They are repulsed, reconciled, and prevailed upon
to trade with the _Russians_--Account of _Kadyak_--Its
inhabitants, animals, productions--_Glottoff_ sails back to
_Umnak_--winters there--returns to _Kamtchatka_--Journal of
his voyage, p. 106.

Chap. XI. _Solovioff's_ voyage--He reaches _Unalashka_, and
passes two winters upon that island--Relation of what passed
there--fruitless attempts of the natives to destroy the
crew--Return of _Solovioff_ to _Kamtchatka_--Journal of his
voyage in returning--Description of the islands of _Umnak_
and _Unalashka_, productions, inhabitants, their manners,
customs, &c. &c. p. 131.

Chap. XII. Voyage of _Otcheredin_--He winters upon
_Umnak_--Arrival of _Levasheff_ upon _Unalashka_--Return of
_Otcheredin_ to _Ochotsk_, p. 156.

Chap. XIII. _Conclusion_--General position and situation of
the _Aleütian_ and _Fox Islands_--their distance from each
other--Further description of the dress, manners, and custom
of the inhabitants--their feasts and ceremonies, &c. p. 164.