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and four or five to man one. I most respectfully ask the
Imperial College of Admiralty to consider the number of
men employed at this work, and what they are
accomplishing. All of this, too, is being done by my forces.
From the government officer in Okhotsk,
Skornjakoff-Pissarjeff, we have not, since the day of our arrival here
up to the present time, received the slightest assistance
in transportation, shipbuilding, or anything else
whatsoever. Nor have we any hope of obtaining any such
assistance in the future. And even if we should demand
support from him, we would only have long and fruitless
negotiations with him, for while in Yakutsk, he sent me
a written notification (February 28, 1737), refusing to
assist in the transportation from Yudomskaya Krest to
Okhotsk.
In addition to the facts here adduced, together with
my earlier reports to the Imperial College of Admiralty,
wherein I have given an account of my efforts for the
progress of the enterprise and shown the impossibility of
an early consummation of the main object of my
expedition, I appeal to the testimony of all the officers of my
command. All of which is respectfully submitted.
Bering, Commander.
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