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'778- without weapons. On Mr. King's, and the gentlemen with 

 v_ ""' , , . him, landing, with mufquets in their hands, they feemed 

 alarmed, and made figns expreflive of their requeft to lay 

 them down. This was accordingly done ; and then they 

 fufFercd the gentlemen to walk up to them, and appeared to 

 be cheerful and fociable. They had with them a few pieces 

 of frefh falmon, and feveral dogs. Mr. Law, furgeon of the 

 Difcovery, who was one of the party, having bought one of 

 the latter, took it down toward the boat, and fliot it dead, in 

 their fight. This feemed to furprize them exceedingly; 

 and, as if they did not think themfelves fafe in fuch com- 

 pany, they walked away ; but ir was foon after difcovered, 

 that their fpears, and other weapons, were hid in the buflies 

 clofe behind them. Mr. King alfo informed me, that the 

 ground was fwampy, and the foil poor, light, and black. It 

 produced a few trees and flirubs ; fuch as pines, alders, 

 birch, and willows ; rofe and currant buflies ; and a little 

 grafs ; but they faw not a finglc plant in flower. 



We weighed anchor, as foon as it was high water; and, 

 with a faint breeze Southerly, ftood over to the Weil; fliore, 

 where the return of the flood obliged us to anchor early next 

 Tuefday 2. morning. Soon after, feveral large, and fome fmall canoes, 

 with naiives, came off, who bartered their fkins ; after 

 which they fold their garments, till many of them were 

 quite naked. Amongft others, they brought a number of 

 white hair or rabbit fkins; and very beautiful reddifli ones 

 of foxes ; but there were only two or three flcins of otters. 

 They alfo fold us fome pieces of falmon and halibut. They 

 preferred iron to every thing clfe olfercd to them in ex- 

 change. The lip-ornaments did not feem fo frequent 

 amongft them, as at Prince William's Sound ; but they had 

 more of thofe which pafs through the nofe, and, in general, 



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