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'779- over, Mr. Webber was defired to acquaint the Major with 

 the object, of our journey, -with our want of naval flores, 

 flour, and frefli provifions, and other necefTaries for the fhips 

 crews ; and at the fame time to afTure him, that we were 

 fenfible, from what we had already feen of the condition 

 of the country about Awatfka Bay, we could not expect 

 much afliftance from him in that quarter ; that the impol- 

 fibility of fending heavy {lores acrofs the peninfula, during 

 the prefent feafon of the year, was but too apparent, from 

 the difficulties we had met with in our journey ; and that, 

 long before any material change could take place, we 

 mould be under the necefEty of proceeding on our voyage. 

 We were here interrupted by the Commander, who ob- 

 ferved, that we did not yet know what they were capable of 

 doing j that, at Icaft, it was not his bufinefs to think of the 

 difficulties of fupplying our wants, but only to learn what 

 were the articles we flood in need of, and the longefl time 

 we could allow him, for procuring them. After exprefling 

 our fenfe of his obliging difpofition, we gave him a lift of 

 the naval flores, the number of cattle, and the quantity of 

 flour, we were directed to purchafe, and told him, that 

 we purpofed recommencing our voyage about the 5th of 

 June. 



Our converfation afterward turned upon different fubjects; 

 and it will naturally be fuppofed, that our inquiries were 

 principally directed to the obtaining fome information re- 

 fpecting our own country. Having now been abfent three 

 years, \vc had flattered ourfelvcs with the certainty of re- 

 ceiving intelligence from Major Behm, which could not fail 

 of being intcrefling ; and I cannot cxprefs the difappoint- 

 ment wc felt, on finding, that he had no news to commu- 

 nicate 



