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Soldier sent to Kaminoi for succour 249 Arrival at Gavenki 250 Dispute between a sergeant of our company and two   peasants of the village 251 The inhabitants refuse us fish 254 Departure from Gavenki 256 Misled by our guide 257 Our dogs die of hunger and fatigue 258 We are apprehhensive of being starved to death in a   desert ib. Obliged to leave our equipage 259 New distresses ib. Arrival at Poustaretsk 262 Fruitless attempts to find provisions 263 Melancholy spectacle exhibited by our dogs ib. Soldier sent to Kaminoi, stopt in his way by tempests 265 Sergeant Kabechoff sets out for Kaminoi 266 Description of Poustaretsk and its environs 267 Food upon which the inhabitants lived during our stay 268 Their mode of catching rein deer 269 Occupations of the women 270 Method of smoking 271 Dress 272 M. Schmaleff joins us 273 Distressing answer from sergeant Kabechoff 274 M. Kasloff receives news of his promotion 275 I resolve to leave him 276 Calm established among the Koriacs 278 M. Kasloff gives me his dispatches, and the passports   necessary for my safety 280 My regret at leaving him 281

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TRAVELS
IN
KAMTSCHATKA, &c.

I have scarcely completed my twenty-fifth year, and am arrived at the most memorable æra of my life. However long, or however happy may be my future career, I doubt whether it will ever be my fate to be employed in so glorious an expedition as that in which two French frigates, the Boussole, and the Astrolabe, are at this moment engaged; the first commanded by count de la Perouse, chief of the expedition, and the second by viscount de Langle[1].

The report of this voyage round the world, created too general and lively an interest, for direct news of these illustrious navigators, reclaimed by their country and by all Europe from the seas they traverse, not to be expected with as much impatience as curiosity.

How flattering is it to my heart, after having obtained from count de la Perouse the advantage of accompanying him for more than two years, to be farther indebted to him