xiv. Menzies' Journal. 



sketch of Rose Harbour, and by a reference in Hooker's Flora Bor.- 

 Americana to a plant as having been collected by Menzies there. 

 That the expedition went northward soon after is shown by Johnstone's 

 plans of Port Etches and of Snug Corner Cove, in Prince William's 

 Sound, dated 1787; Johnstone being Colnett's second in command 

 on the "Prince of Wales." Returning from the north, Menzies says 

 that when the ships were anchored near Banks Island, which was 

 named by him, he had an opportunity of exploring the interior waters 

 leading to what is now known as Douglas Channel through Nepean 

 Sound, and this anchorage was, no doubt, that one "with difficult 

 access " which they reached after experiencing " various disasters 

 and distresses " at the latter end of 1787. 



Here too we have the evidence afforded by Johnstone, whose 

 sketch of Calamity Harbour is amongst those of this year published 

 by Dalrymple. Before leaving the coast it is shown by Johnstone's 

 sketch of Port Brooks, just north of Cape Cook, that Colnett touched 

 at the west coast of Vancouver Island, though there is no evidence 

 of any stay at Nootka. 



After spending the winter months in the Hawaiian Islands the 

 two ships sailed from Oneehow on March 20th, 1788, and on the 

 31st of the same month parted company, the " Prince of Wales," 

 which carried Colnett, Menzies, and Johnstone, going direct to Prince 

 William's Sound and the " Princess Royal " heading for Nootka. 



Very little is known of Colnett's voyage of this year, but we find 

 that Captain Douglas, of the " Iphigenia," reported to Mears that he 

 found an inscription on a tree in Snug Corner Cove, Prince William's 

 Sound, stating that Etches, the supercargo of the " Prince of Wales," 

 had been there on May 9th. Vancouver also says that Johnstone had 

 been at Port Mulgrave in 1788. It is possible that Colnett went as 

 far north as Bering's Straits, but the only evidence supporting this is 

 contained in the references by Hooker and others to certain plants 

 having been found there by Menzies. From Duncan's report of his 

 voyage of 1788, contained in Dixon's " Further Remarks," it is clear 

 that Colnett was expected to return by way of the Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, for under the date of August 19th Duncan says that he left a 

 letter for him on that date at Etches Sound. The " Prince of Wales " 

 was only a day's easy sail from that locality not very long after, as her 

 last anchorage on the coast was at Port Wentworth (in Hakai Channel), 

 north of Calvert Island, as we learn from Menzies. 



Colnett and Duncan met in the Hawaiian Islands again before 

 sailing for China, where they arrived in December. Here Colnett 



