228 Mr Scouler's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. 



Art. IX. — Account of a Voyage to Madeira, Brazil, Juan 

 Fernandez, and the Gallipagos Islands, performed in 1824 

 and 1825, with a view of examining their Natural History. 

 By Mr Scoulee. Communicated by the Author. (Con- 

 tinued from Number xi. p. 73.) 



On the 6th August we left Nootka, and directed our course 

 for the Straits of Juan de Fuca, concerning whose existence 

 there has been so much discussion. , On the southern side of 

 the straits, we saw the village of Tatoach, and many canoes 

 came off to the vessel. Some of these people had been at 

 Fort George, and seen some of the people we had on board, 



