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to return to the fhips, and they followed him. They would '778. 



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not venture along-lide, but kept at fome diftance, hollowing < — >— ^ 

 aloud, and alternately clafping and extending their arms; 

 and, in a fliort time, began a kind of fojig exactly after the 

 manner of thofe at Nootka. Their heads were alfo powdered 

 with feathers. One man held out a white garment, which 

 we interpreted as a fign of friendfliip ; and another ftood up 

 in the canoe, quite naked, for almofl a quarter of an hour, 

 with his arms ftretchcd out like a crofs, and motionlefs. 

 The canoes were not con{lru(5led of wood, as at King 

 George's or Nootka Sound. Tlie frame only, being llender 

 laths, was of that fubflance ; the outfide confiding of the 

 flcins of feals, or of fuch like animals. Though we returned 

 all their figns of friendfliip, and, by every expreflive gcflurc, 

 tried to encourage them to come along-fide, we could not 

 prevail. Some of our people repeated feveral of the com- 

 mon words of the Nootka language, fuch as feekevmile, and 

 ?nabook ; but they did not feem to underfland them. After 

 receiving fome prefents, which were thrown to them, they 

 retired toward that part of the fliore from whence they 

 came ; giving us to underftand by figns, that they would 

 vifit us again the next morning. Two of them, however, 

 each in a fmall canoe, waited upon us in the night ; pro- 

 bably with a defign to pilfer fomething, thinking we fhould 

 be all afleep ; for they retired as foon as they found them- 

 felves difcovered. 



During the night, the wind was at South South Eaft, 

 blowing hard and in fqualls, with rain, and very thick wea- 

 ther. At ten o'clock next morning, the wind became more Wednef. 13, 

 moderate, and the weather being fomewhat clearer, we got 

 under fail, in order to look out for fome fnug place, where 



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