CHAPTER VI.
A party quit the hut in search of a settlement--Author’s feet frost-bitten--Progress of the party interrupted by a mountain--Return towards the hut, till prevented by the tide from passing a reef of rocks--Pass the night in a valley--Next morning set off at low water--Author falls behind, and in attempting to climb over a rock, gets his hands frost-bitten--Critical situation--Reaches the hut--Two Russians reach a settlement by the mountains, and send relief--Some account of Karlouski--Voyage to Alexandria. 63