Oct. 

 1826. 



458 VOYAGE TO THE 



chap, has enjoyments in the next world similar to those 

 which constitute happiness in this. 



The people whom we saw here were very inquisi- 

 tive about our fire-arms, and to satisfy one of them 

 I made him fire off a musket, that was loaded with 

 ball, towards a large tree that was lying upon the 

 beach. The explosion and the recoil which suc- 

 ceeded the simple operation of touching the trigger 

 so alarmed him, that he turned pale and put away 

 the gun. As soon as his fear subsided he laughed 

 heartily, as did all his party, and went to examine 

 the wood, which was found to be perforated by the 

 ball, and afforded them a fair specimen of the capa- 

 bility of our arms ; but he could not be prevailed 

 upon to repeat the operation. 



They had some skins of ravens with them, upon 

 which they placed a high price, though being of no 

 use to us, they did not find a purchaser. On several 

 occasions we had noticed the beaks and claws of these 

 birds attached to ornamental bands for the head and 

 waist, and they were evidently considered valuable. 

 On our return to the ship we fell in with another 

 party of natives, among whom there were two men 

 whose appearance and conduct again led us to con- 

 clude that the large blue glass labrets indicated a 

 superiority of rank, and found, as before, that no 

 reasonable offer would induce them to part with 

 these ornaments. 



On the 3rd, we reached the ship, and were inform- 

 ed that she had been visited by several baidars in our 

 absence, and had procured from them a quantity of 

 dried salmon, which was afterwards served to the 

 ship's company. These boats were the last that vi- 

 sited the ship, as the season was evidently arrived for 



