July 1856- Japanese Coast to Newtoshakka aided by the powerful current, and at midnight were considerably to the eastward [illegible] of their eastern entrance. 27th. N. lat. 41°31' E. lon. 141°45' Foggy. Wind W.N.W. Temp. 68° Passing along S.E. coast of Jesso; the "Caspus" in company. Several large flying-fish seen. 28th. N. lat. 41°30' E. lon. 142°45' Foggy. Wind W.N.W. Temp. 65° 29th. N. lat. 42°08' E. lon. 142°08' Wind N.E. Temp. 63° 30th. N. lat. 42°17' E. lon. 144°11' Wind S.E. Temp. 65° July 1st. N. lat. 48°17' E. lon. 146°06' Temp. 56°. A fine S. wind. We saw the last of the Coast of Jesso today, which has been in sight every day since we left Sakhalin. 2nd. N. lat. 43°45' E. lon. 149°26' Wind N. Cloudy, bad weather. Several albatrosses and fulmar petrels seen; also whales, porpoises etc. 3rd. N. lat. 48°22' E. lon. 152°0' Cloudy Wind N.W. Temp. 56° 4th. N. lat. 51°02' E. lon. 154°17' Fair. Wind S.W. Sp. 58° 5th. N. lat. 48°00' E. lon. 158°30' Wind S.E. Temp. 50° 6th. N. lat. 50°39' E. lon. 159°32' Foggy. Wind S.E. Sp. 45° 7th. Foggy. Temp. 48°. It fell calm about noon and the fog lifting revealed to us in the distance the high mountains of the Kamtschatkan Coast, covered with snow. There were three of these mountains, the highest being the Volcano of Awatka July 1856- Petrovaulski, Kamtschakka June 16000 feet in elevation. Large numbers of puffins, guillemots, auks, etc., flew about the ship in various directions. 8th. In the morning we passed through the narrow entrance into the broad bay of Awatka. It then had a pretty appearance, covered with green, and generally disappointing our expectations formed from yesterday's view of the coast. There was in fact very little snow except on the mountains. The air was filled and the waters covered with sea-birds and on one isolated rock we saw hundreds of gulls crowded together sitting on their eggs. The water within the bay had a yellowish-green, muddy hue, and appeared to be brackish. At 1½ o'clock we anchored off the mouth of the small harbor of Petrovaulski, and were immediately visited by two American residents, Messrs. Chase and Duval. The town is deserted by the Russians, and has been so ever since the repulse of the English and French fleets last year. On going ashore we saw the ruins of the Government store-houses and Arsenals,