336 cook's voyage to may, 



CHAP. V. 



THE INLET CALLED PRINCE WILLIAM'S SOUND. ITS EXTENT. 



PERSONS OF THE INHABITANTS DESCRIBED. THEIR 



DRESS. INCISION OF THEIR UNDER LIP. VARIOUS 



OTHER ORNAMENTS. THEIR BOATS. WEAPONS, FISHING, 



AND HUNTING INSTRUMENTS. UTENSILS. TOOLS. 



USES IRON IS APPLIED TO. FOOD. LANGUAGE, AND A 



SPECIMEN OF IT. ANIMALS. BIRDS. FISH. IRON 



AND BEADS, WHENCE RECEIVED. 



JL o the inlet, which we had now left, I gave the name 

 of Prince William's Sound. To judge of this sound, 

 from what we saw of it, it occupies, at least, a degree 

 and a half of latitude, and two of longitude, ex- 

 clusive of the arms or branches, the extent of which 

 is not known. The direction which they seemed to 

 take, as also the situation and magnitude of the se- 

 veral islands in and about it, will be best seen in the 

 sketch, which is delineated with as much accuracy 

 as the short time and other circumstances would 

 allow. 



The natives, who came to make us several visits 

 while we were in the sound, were generally not above 

 the common height ; though many of them were 

 under it. They were square, or strong-chested ; and 

 the most disproportioned part of their body seemed 

 to be their heads, which were very large, with thick, 

 short necks, and large, broad, or spreading faces ; 

 which, upon the whole, were flat. Their eyes, though 

 not small, scarcely bore a proportion to the size of 

 their faces ; and their noses had full, round points, 

 hooked, or turned up at the tip. Their teeth were 

 broad, white, equal in size, and evenly set. Their 

 hair was black, thick, straight and strong ; and their 

 beards, in general, thin, or wanting ; but the hairs 



