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THE NAME OF THE SOUND, AND DIRECTIONS FOR SAILING 

 INTO IT* ACCOUNT OF THE ADJACENT COUNTRY. WEA- 

 THER. CLIMATE. TREES. OTHER VEGETABLE PRO- 

 DUCTIONS. QUADRUPEDS, WHOSE SKINS WERE BROUGHT 



FOR SALE. SEA ANIMALS. DESCRIPTION OF A SEA OTTER. 



BIRDS. WATER-FOWL. FISH. SHELL-FISH, &C. 



REPTILES. INSECTS. STONES, &C. PERSONS OF THE 



INHABITANTS. THEIR COLOUR. COMMON DRESS AND 



ORNAMENTS. OCCASIONAL DRESSES, AND MONSTROUS 



DECORATIONS OF WOODEN MASKS. THEIR GENERAL DISPO- 

 SITIONS. SONGS. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THEIR 



EAGERNESS TO POSSESS IRON AND OTHER METALS. 



On my arrival in this inlet, I had honoured it with 

 the name of King George's Sound ; but I afterward 

 found that it is called Nootka by the natives. The 

 entrance is situated in the E. corner of Hope Bay, 

 in the latitude of 49 33' N., and in the longitude of 

 233 12' E. The E. coast of that bay all the way 

 from Breaker's Point to the entrance of the sound, 

 is covered by a chain of sunken rocks, that seemed 

 to extend some distance from the shore, and near the 

 Sound, are some islands and rocks above water. 



We enter this sound between two rocky points 

 that lie E. S. E., and W. N. W. from each other, 

 distant between three and four miles. Within these 

 points the sound widens considerably, and extends 

 in, to the northward, four leagues at least, exclusive 

 of the several branches toward its bottom, the termin- 

 ation of which we had not an opportunity to ascertain. 

 But, from the circumstance of finding that the 

 water freshened where our boats crossed their en- 

 trance, it is probable that they had almost reached 

 its utmost limits. And this probability is increased 



