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were accompanied by our new friend, proud of the European 

 clothes with which we had equipped him, and anxious to show 

 his gratitude by rendering himself useful. The island appeared 

 to be uninhabited, and abounded in pine trees, and our progress 

 was disagreeable from the abundance of Aralia erinacea, * 

 whose spines tore our hands. Among the rocks we found 

 numbers of curious sea animals, particularly a Chiton of very 

 large size, measuring six inches in length. I also found some 

 curious species of Saxifraga and Potentilla. We had also 

 the good fortune to kill a fine white-headed eagle, one of the 

 most abundant of the accipitrine tribe on the north-west coast. 

 After returning to the ship, a favourable breeze soon sprung 

 up, and we continued our progress towards Observatory In- 

 let. During our passage up the inlet, several canoes at- 

 tempted to come to us ; but, as the wind was favourable, we 

 did not wait for them, and they showed their displeasure by 

 many angry and menacing gestures. On the approach of 

 night, we had much difficulty in selecting a proper anchoring- 

 place, on account of the excessive depth of the water, and were 

 at last obliged to anchor in thirty fathoms water, and to secure 

 ourselves still farther by a line fixed to one of the trees on 

 shore. 



30th. — At sunrise, w r e landed to take a view of the country, 

 which we expected to do without much hazard, as the news 

 of our arrival would not yet be sufficiently spread among the 

 Indians. On penetrating across a little point of land, we 

 found a stream of excellent water descending from the moun- 

 tains, and forming a little cascade, where it fell into the sea. 

 We wandered about with little apprehension, as no traces 

 of Indians could be detected. Under the shade of the pines, 

 we found Corallorhiza odontorhiza, and the beautiful Pyrola 

 tinrflora in great abundance. On the coast we found many 

 marine plants, and among them the Glaux maritima, a plant 



• Aralia erinacca, Hooker's MSS. — A. caule spinosissimo, foliis subpal- 

 matis acutissimis, lobis incisis, petiolis nervisque spinosis, umbellis glo- 

 bis in racemis dispositis. This curious but undescribed plant was disco- 

 vered by Mr Menzies, and there are fine specimens of it collected by him 

 in Dr Hooker's herbarium, under the above-mentioned name. It is dis- 

 agreeably plentiful in the woods about Queen Charlotte's Island, and those 

 of Observatory Inlet. 



