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attended upon us all the morning. Their company 

 was very acceptable ; for they brought with them a 

 large quantity of very fine salmon, which they ex- 

 changed for such trifles as we had to give them. Most 

 of it was split ready for drying ; and several hundred 

 weight of it was procured for the two ships. 



In the afternoon, the mountains, for the first time 

 since our entering the river, were clear of clouds ; 

 and we discovered a volcano in one of those on the 

 west side. It is in the latitude of 60 23' ; and is the 

 first high mountain to the north of Mount St. Augus- 

 tin. The volcano is on that side of it that is next 

 the river, and not far from the summit. It did not 

 now make any striking appearance, emitting only a 

 white smoke, but no fire. 



The wind remaining southerly, we continued to 

 tide it down the river ; and, on the 5th, in the morn- 

 ing, coming to the place where we had lost our 

 kedge-anchor, made an attempt to recover it, but 

 without success. Before we left this place, six canoes 

 came off from the east shore; some conducted by 

 one, and others by two men. They remained at a 

 little distance from the ships, viewing them, with a 

 kind of silent surprize, at least half an hour, without 

 exchanging a single word with tis, or with one an- 

 other. At length they took courage, and came along- 

 side ; began to barter with our people ; and did not 

 leave us till they had parted with every thing they 

 brought with them, consisting of a few skins and 

 some salmon. And here it may not be improper to 

 remark, that all the people we had met with in this 

 river seemed, by every striking instance of resem- 

 blance, to be of the same nation with those who in- 

 habit Prince William's Sound, but differing essentially 

 from those of Nootka, or King George's Sound, 

 both in their persons and language. The language 

 of these is rather more guttural ; but, like the others, 

 they speak strongly and distinct, in words which seem 

 sentences. 



