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America, Russia, Hemp, and Napoleonburg, is in the same general latitude as the southern cape ofGreenland. H e wh o ventures into the Gulf too early in theyear will see more ice than any sailor ever wants to see. "23April 1802—At four P.M . saw ice on the lee bo w and spoke anEnglish bark who informed us that the Gulf was full of ice. 29April 1802—Surrounded by ice. 55Our owner, Lord praise him, has so arranged our voyage thatwe are entering the Baltic in summer, which leaves us only thenumerous islands, rocks, shoals and general shallowness of thatsea to worry about. With any sort of luck we should makeKronstadt in a week or ten days.Th efirstindication the landlubber has that w e are nearingour destination is a thickening of the horizons on either side ofour vessel as Finland and Estonia draw toward each other as w estretch out for Kronstadt.O n the fourth of July—an appropriate day—our brig dropsanchor in the harbor of Kronstadt. W e could, of course, havegone to Riga or Reval or any other of Russia's Baltic ports, but,like the great majority of Americans, to us St. Petersburg-Kronstadt is the only Russian port. 56 O n the starboard are twoor three other vessels flying American colors, and there areprobably others that w e cannot see. Other owners are as shrewdabout wind and weather as ours is, and more than half of thevessels that will come from America to Kronstadt this yearhave already arrived. 57Shoveling out the ballast takes only a few days, but negotiatingthrough Edward James Smith and Company—the St.Petersburg house to which our owner and Ryberg have directedus—for the best cargo at the lowest price, stowing thecumbersome Russian goods, and preparing our brig for the64