Mensics' Journal. 



Port Discovery. 19 



fresh water sufficient to answer all our purjx^ses with good 

 anchorage close to it & the whole well shelterd by the favour- 

 ite Island we had left shortning the entrance which on that 

 account obtaind the name of Protection Island. Here we 

 kindled a fire & regald ourselves with some refreshment, 

 after which we returnd on board where we arrivd about 

 midnight each well satisfied with the success & pleasure of 

 this days excursion. 



In going into the Harbour one of the Gentlemen shot 

 a small animal which diffusd through the air a most dis- 

 agreeable & offensive smell, I was anxious to take it on 

 board for examination & made it fast to the bow of the 

 Cutter, but the stink it emitted was so intolerable that I 

 was obligd to relinquish my prize. I took it to be the Skunk 

 or Polecat. 



In the absence of the Boats this day the / Vessels were 

 visited by several of the Natives from a small Village abreast 

 of them who brought some fish to barter for trinkets. 



At day light on the 2^ both Vessels weighd & with a 

 light air of wind from the Westward proceeded towards the 

 Harbour we had visited on the preceeding day, which we 

 enterd about 9 & with the assistance of the Boats towing 

 a head soon after came to off the low Sandy point in 34 

 fathoms over a black stiff Clayey bottom. In passing within 

 Protection Island & entring the Harbour, the right hand 

 shore was kept close aboard which was found pretty steep 

 & the most eligible Channel. 



In the afternoon I accompanied Cap* Vancouver to 

 the head of the Harbour which we found to terminate in 

 a muddy bank of shallow water on which the Pinnace 

 grounded — This lead to the discovery of a species of small 

 Oyster with which the bottom was plentifully strewd but 

 being now out of season they were poor & ill flavord & con- 

 sequently not worth collecting. We then landed on the East 

 Side where we saw the remains of a deserted village of a 

 few houses one of which had been pretty large & in make 

 resembled the Nootka habitations as described by Cap* Cook, 

 but neither of them seemd to have been inhabited for some 

 time. On a Tree close to it we found the skeleton of a child 

 which was carefully wrapped up in some of the Cloth of 

 the Country made from the Bark of a Tree & some Matts, 

 but at this time it afforded tenement to a brood of young 



1792. 

 May Ist. 



Skunk. 



May 2nd. 



Near tbe pres- 

 ent Junction 

 City, Wash. 



O.^trea lurida 

 (the Olympic 

 Oyster). 



