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1778-' the AmeJricans here drefs for food, in the fame manner as 

 the natives of Kamtfchatka*. 



We faw, flying about the wood, a crow ; two or three of 

 the white-headed eagles mentioned at Nootka; and another 

 fort full as large, which appeared alfo of the fame colour, 

 or blacker, and had only a white breaft. In the pafTage 

 from the fliip to the fliore, we faw a great many fowls fit- 

 ting upon the water, or flying about in flocks or pairs ; the 

 chief of which were a few quebrantahuefles ; divers ; ducks, 

 or large peterels ; gulls ; fliags ; and burres. The divers 

 were of tv/o forts ; one very large, of a black colour, with 

 a white breaft and belly ; the other fmallcr, and with a 

 longer and more pointed bill, which feemed to be the com- 

 mon guillemot. The ducks were alfo of two forts ; one 

 brownifli, with a black or deep blue head and neck, and is 

 perhaps the ftone duck defcribed by Steller. The others fly 

 in larger flocks, but are fmaller than thefe, and are of a 

 dirty black colour. The gulls were of the common fort, 

 and thofe which fly in flocks. The Ihags were large and 

 black, with a white fpot behind the wings as they flew; but 

 probably only the larger water corhiorant. There was 

 alfo a Angle bird feen flying about, to appearance of the 

 gull kind, of a fnowy white colour, with black along part 

 ot" the upper fide of its wings. I owe all thefe remarks to 

 Mr. Andcrfon. At the place where we landed, a fox came 

 from the verge of the wood, and eyed us with very little 

 emotion, walking leifurcly without any figns of fear. He 

 was of a rcddifli-ycUow colour, like fome of the flcins we 

 bought at Nootka, but not of a large fize. We alfo faw two 

 or three little feals off Ihore ; but no other animals or 



* See Mullcr, p. 256. 



birds ; 



