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[Illustration: Route of
_M de Lesseps_
Consul of France,
_in the PENINSULA of_
KAMTSCHATKA,
_and along the GULF of PENGINA, from the_ Port of S^t. Peter & S^t.
Paul _as far as_ Yamsk.]




  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 I.

  LONDON:
  PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.
  1790.




PREFACE.


My work is merely a journal of my travels. Why should I take any steps
to prepossess the judgment of my