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thefe were alfo much longer. They had, however, a greater "773. 

 quantity of a kind of white and red embroidered work on <- — , — -^ 

 fome parts of their garments, and on other things, fuch as 

 their quivers, and knife-cafes. 



At half part ten, we weighed with the firfl of the ebb. and 

 having a gentle breeze at South, plied down the river ; in 

 the doing of which, by the inattention and neglecT: of the 

 man at the lead, the Refolution ftruck, and ftuck fad on a 

 bank, that lies nearly in the middle of the river, and about 

 two miles above the two projecting bluff points before men- 

 tioned. 1 his bank was, no doubt, the occafion of that very 

 flrong rippling, or agitation of the ftream, which we had 

 obferved when turning up the river. There was not lefs than 

 twelve feet depth of water about the fhip, at the lowed of the 

 ebb; but other parts of the bank were dry. As foon as the 

 lliip came aground, I made a fignal for the Difcovery to an- 

 chor. She, as I afterward underftood, had been near afliore 

 on the Welt fide of the bank. As the flood tide came in, the 

 fliip floated ofl^, foon after five o'clock in the afternoon, with- 

 out receiving the leaft damage, or giving us any trouble ; 

 and, after ftanding over to the Weft lliore, into deep wa- 

 ter, we anchored to wait for the ebb, as the wind was flill 

 contrary. 



We weighed again with the ebb, at ten o'clock at night; 

 and, between four and five next morning, when the tide was vvednef. 3. 

 finifhed, once more call anchor about two miles below the 

 bluff point, on the Weft fliore, in nineteen fathoms wa'er. A 

 good many of the natives came off, when we were in this 

 ftation, and attended upon us all the morning. Their com- 

 pany was very acceptable ; for they brought with them a 

 large quantity of very fine falmon, which they exchanged for 



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