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north-west, which obliged him to put back. We 

 proceeded ourselves, but it was with a good deal of 

 difficulty that we could reach tiie ships; where some 

 of the boats did not arrive till one o'clock the next 

 morning ; and it was fortunate that they got on 

 board then, for it afterward blew a perfect storm, 

 with abundance of rain, so that no manner of work 

 could go forward that day. In the evening the gale 

 ceased, and the wind having veered to the east, 

 brought with it fair weather. 



The next day we resumed our works ; the natives 

 ventured out to catch fish ; and Pedro, with all his 

 family, came and took up his abode near us. This 

 chief's proper name is Matahouah ; the other being 

 given him by some of my people during my last 

 voyage, which I did not know till now. He was, 

 however, equally well known amongst his country- 

 men by both names. 



On the 20th, in the forenoon, we had another storm 

 from the north-west. Though this was not of so 

 long continuance as the former, the gusts of wind 

 from the hills were far more violent, insomuch that 

 we w r ere obliged to strike the yards and top-masts to 

 the very utmost; and, even with all this precaution, 

 it was with difficulty that we rode it out. These 

 storms are very frequent here, and sometimes violent 

 and troublesome. The neighbouring mountains, 

 which at these times are always loaded with vapours, 

 not only increase the force of the wind, but alter its 

 direction in such a manner, that no two blasts follow 

 each other from the same quarter; and the nearer 

 the shore, the more their effects are felt. 



The next day we were visited by a tribe or family, 

 consisting of about thirty persons, men, women, and 

 children, who came from the upper part of the Sound. 

 I had never seen them before. The name of their 

 chief was Tomatongeauooranuc ; a man of about 

 forty-five years of age, with a cheerful open coun- 

 tenance. And, indeed, the rest of his tribe were, in 



