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the New World was to open up before them. According
to the plan adopted, a southeasterly course was taken,
and in spite of some unfortunate friction, Bering gave
Chirikoff the lead, so as to leave him no cause for
complaint. They kept their course until the afternoon of
June 12, when they found themselves, after having sailed
over six hundred miles in a southeasterly direction, in
latitude 46° 9′ N. and 14° 30′ east of Avacha. According
to De l’Isle’s map they should long before have come to
the coasts of Gamaland, but as they only saw sea and sky,
Bering gave the command to turn back. With variable
and unfavorable winds, they worked their way, during
the few succeeding days, in a direction of N. N. E. up to
latitude 49° 30′, where Chirikoff, on the 20th of June, in
storm and fog, left Bering and sailed E. N. E. in the
direction of the American coast, without attempting to
keep with the St. Peter. This was the first real
misfortune of the expedition. For forty-eight hours
Bering kept close to the place of separation, in hopes of
again joining the St. Paul, and, as this proved fruitless,
he convened a ship’s council, at which it was decided
to give up all further search for the St. Paul; it was
also resolved—in order to remove every doubt—to
sail again to the 46th degree to find Gamaland.
Having arrived here, some birds were seen, whereupon they
continued their course to 45° 16′ N. and 16° 23′ east of
Avacha, but of course without any results. During the
four succeeding weeks, the ship’s course was between
north and east, toward the western continent, but as on
their southern course they had come out upon the depths
of Tuscarora, which, several thousand fathoms deep, run
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