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made fiens to him to brin? us fomethinsr to ear, he immc- '77s. 



"^ <j t> September. 



diately left us, and paddled toward the fhore. Bat, meet- > , > 



ing another man coming off, who happened to have two 

 dried Salmon, he got them from him; and on returning to 

 the fhip, would give them to no body but me. Some of our 

 people thought that he afked for me under the name of Ca~ 

 pUane\ but in this they were probably miftaken. He knew 

 who had given him the knife and beads, but I do not fee 

 how he could know that I was the Captain. Others of the 

 natives, foon after, came off, and exchanged a few dry fifli, 

 for fuch trifles as they could get, or we had to give theml 

 They were mofl: defirous of knives ; and they had no diflike 

 to tobacco. 



After dinner, Lieutenant Gore was fent to the peninfulai 

 to fee if wood and water were there to be got ; or rather 

 water; for the whole beach round the bay feemed to be co- 

 vered with drift-wood. At the fame time, a boat was fent 

 from each fhip, to found round the bay; and, at three in 

 the afternoon, the wind freflicning at North Eaft, we 

 weighed, in order to work farther in. But it was foon 

 found to be impofllble, on account of the flioals, which ex- 

 tended quite round the bay, to the diilance of two or three 

 miles from the fhore ; as the officers, who had been fent to 

 found, reported. We, therefore, kept flanding off and on 

 with the fliips, waiting for Mr. Gore, who returned about 

 eight o'clock, with the launch laden with wood. 



He reported, that there was but little frefli water ; and 

 that wood was difficult to be got at, by reafon of the boats 

 grounding at fome diflance from the beach. This being the 

 cafe, I flood back to the other fliore ; and, at eight o'clock 

 the next morning, fent all the boats, and a party of men, ^^miti 

 I with 



