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Yakukts June 22nd; 1790

Report
of Lieut, James Sheilds to
Colll; Samuel Bentham

I have the Honour to inform you I arrived here
the 20th; Inst; from Irkuts, and to Day I mean
to follow Mr. Shellekoff; who sets out for
Okhost the same day I arrived; two Hundred and
Ninety Verst; from Irkuts; I bought a Vessel; &
proceeded down the Lena to where the Command
Lay; where I took ten Soldiers on board; Ordering
the Ensign to buy a Vessel & follow as fast as
possible; the Sturman I sent to the Baikal Sea
as he informed me the Gen; Governor; wou'd
not allow him to go farther. I am forced to take
16 Horses with me to Carry provisions &c.
as there is no wheel Carriages in this part of
the World; the Expenses Attending this
Expedition will be Exceeding Great; as
Every thing, here is at the dearest Rate

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