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>7"9- delicious flavour, were exceedingly abundant in this bay. 



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^_ ,_ , The Difcovery's people furrounded, at one time, fo great a 



quantify in their feine, that they were obliged to throw a 

 vuft number out, left the net mould be broken to pieces ; 

 and the cargo they landed was afterward fo plentiful, that, 

 befides a fufficient ftore for immediate ufe, they filled as 

 many calks as they could fpare for falting ; and, after fend- 

 ing to the Refolution a fufficient quantity for the fame 

 purpofe, they left feveral bufhels behind on the beach. 



The fnow now began to difappear very rapidly, and abun- 

 dance of wild garlic, celery, and nettle tops were gathered 

 for the ufe of the crews ; which being boiled with wheat 

 and portable foup, made them a wholcfome and comfort- 

 able breakfafl ; and with this they were fupplied every morn- 

 ing. The birch-trees were alfo tapped, and the fweet juice, 

 which they yielded in great quantities, was conftantly mixed 

 with the men's allowance of brandy. 



Sunday 16. The next day, a fmall bullock, which had been procured 

 for the fhips companies by the ferjeant, was killed ; and 

 weighed two hundred and feventy-tvvo pounds. It was 

 fcrved out to both crews for their Sunday's dinner, being 

 the firft piece of frefh beef they had tailed fince our de- 

 parture from the Cape of Good Hope in December 1776, a 

 period of near two years and a half. 



This evening died John Macintofh, the carpenter's mate, 

 after having laboured under a dyfentery ever fince our de- 

 parture from the Sandwich Iflands : he was a very hard 

 working quiet man, and much regretted by his mefs-mates. 

 He was the fourth pcrfon we loft by ficknefs during the 

 voyage ; but the firft who could be faid, from his age, and 

 the conftitutional habits of his body, to have had, on our 

 1 fetting 



