In Mr. Yudin bas intm.

Eted in manuscripts, of which he has about half

а million of deecribed and classifed.

Атопд this half million there ате воте two

bundred bearing оп the Russian discovery of

America and the Far East. Ап апопутоив

papr, found атопд the manuscripbs of Н. Р.

Rezanov, а Russian pioneer in America,

attention to the frst Russian settlements оп

the northwestern coast of America in 1741

21). А note book datBd November 10,

1783, lists awounts with the crew of the Three

8aint3 (belonging to the

Сотрапу) Керв by another pioneer, О. 1.

Shelekhov (р]. 22). From Shelekhov also

comes а description of merchandise sent from

and kamchatka tD Moscow in 1789

23). Ап order given in the пате of Cath-

erine 11, Мау 12, 1794, grants Shelekhov the

settlers he had previously applied for and in-

structs him to continue his explorations of the

American coast (pl. 24). А Russian mission-

ary writa Во Shelekhov, Мау 18, 1795, of the

progress of Christianity оп the Island of F•

diak (pl. И). Опе manuscript gives а good.

Bized extract from the log of the Јипо оп her