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We alfo got plenty of fifli ; at firft, moftly falmon, both pL"if' 



frefh and dried, which the natives brought us. Some of ' ^ ' 



the frefli falmon was in high perfe6lion ; but there was one 

 fort, which we called hook-nofed, from the figure of its 

 head, that was but indifferent. We drew the feine feveral 

 times, at the head of the bay ; and caught a good many 

 falmon trout, and once a halibut that weighed two hundred 

 and fifty-four pounds. The fifliery failing, we had recourfc 

 to hooks and lines. A boat was fent out every morning ; 

 and feldom returned without eight or ten halibut ; wliicli 

 was more than fufficient to ferve all our people. The ha- 

 libut were excellent, and there were few who did not prefer 

 them to falmon. Thus we not only procured a fupply of fifli 

 for prefent confumption, but had fome to carry with us to fea. 

 This enabled us to make a confiderable faving of our pro- 

 vifions, which was an obje<5l of no fmall importance. 



On the 8th, I received by the hands of an Oonalaflika ThurfdayS, 

 man, named Derramoufhk, a very fingular prefent, con- 

 fidering the place. It was a rye loaf, or rather a pye made 

 in the form of a loaf, for it inclofed fome falmon, liighly 

 feafoncd with pepper. This man had the like prefent for 

 Captain Gierke, and a note for each of us, written in a clia- 

 ratfler which none of us could read. It was natural to fup- 

 pofe, that this prefent was from fome Ruflians now in our 

 neighbourhood ; and therefore we fent, by the fame hand, 

 to thefe our unknown friends, a few bottles of rum, wine, 

 and porter; which we thought would be as acceptable as 

 any thing we had befides ; and v/c foon knew, t'lat in this 

 we had not been miftaken. I alfo fent along with Derra- 

 mouflik. Corporal Lediard of the marines, an intelligent 

 man, in order to gain fome farther information, with or- 

 ders, that if he met with any Ruffians, he fliould endeavour 



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