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*The Inlet called Prince TVilliams Sound. — Its Extent. — 

 Perfons of the Inhabitants defcrihed. — Their Drefs. — - 

 Incifton of the Under -lip. — Various other Ornaments, 

 — Their Boats. — JVeapom^ fp^^^i ^^^ hunting Infiru- 

 ments. — Ute7ifils. — Tools. — Ufes Iron is applied to. — 

 Food. — Language, and a Specimen of it. — Animals. — 

 Birds. — Fifh. — Iron and Beads, whence received, 



1778. rTpo the inler, which we had now left, I gave the name 



May. I 



- - _j J. of Prince William'' s Sound. To judge of this Sound from 

 what we faw of it, it occupies, at leaft, a degree and a half 

 of latitude, and two of longitude, exclufive of the arms or 

 branches, the extent of which is not known. The diredtion 

 which they feemed to take, as alfo the fituation and mag- 

 nitude of the feveral iflands in and about it, will be beft 

 feen in the fketch, which is delineated with as much accu- 

 racy as the fliort time and other circumftances would allo^w. 



The natives, who came to make us feveral vifits while 

 we were in the Sound, were generally not above the com- 

 mon height ; thougl,! many of them were under it. They 

 were fquare, or llrong chcfled ; and the mofl difpropor- 

 tioned part of their body feemed to be their heads, which 

 were very large ; with thick, fliori necks; and large, broacl 

 or fpreading faces ; which, upon the whole, were flat. Their 

 eyes, though not fmall, fcarccly bore a proportion to the 



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