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APPENDIX.

BERING’S REPORT TO THE ADMIRALTY FROM OKHOTSK, DEC. 5, 1737.[1]

FROM the instructions forwarded to me by His
Imperial Highness, I learn that the Imperial
College of Admiralty is inclined to the opinion that the
expedition is lingering along idly on account of my
heedlessness. This arouses in me no little anxiety
for fear that I may incur undeserved wrath; yet in this
matter I await the will of his Imperial Highness and
the most gracious resolution of the Imperial College.
For although, from the time the expedition was put
in my charge until the present time, I have faithfully
and diligently sought as quickly as possible to build
vessels, put out to sea, and begin the execution of
my work proper, everything has suffered delay on
account of unexpected obstacles over which I have
had no control. Prior to our arrival in Yakutsk, not
a single pood of provisions had been sent to Okhotsk
for the crew there, not a single vessel had been built
for transporting these provisions and supplies, and
not a single magazine had been built at the stopping
places on the Maya and Yudoma rivers. No laborers
were to be had, and no arrangements whatsoever had

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