20 Men::ics' Journal 



Port Discovery. 



1792. 

 May 2nd. 



Acer 



macrophyllum 

 (Sycamore or 

 Great Maple of 

 Meuz), Alntis 

 orgona, Pirus 

 diver si folia, 

 and Arbutus 

 Menziesii. 



May 3rd. 

 Gibb Point. 



May 4th. 



Calypso luliosa 



(False 



Lady-slipper). 



Rhododendron 

 californicum 

 (Large-flowered 

 Rhododendron). 



Arctostaphylos 



tomentosa 



(Manzanita). 



Mice which ran out of it as soon as we touchd it — A wooden 

 Cup was found close to it on the same tree & a bunch of 

 small yew Boughs fastend together, which were probably 

 the remains / of some superstitious ceremony. 



Besides a variety of Pines we here saw the Sycamore 

 Maple — the American Aldar — a species of wild Crab & the 

 Oriental Strawberry Tree, this last grows to a small Tree 

 & was at this time a peculiar ornament to the Forest by its 

 large clusters of whitish flowers & ever green leaves, but 

 its peculiar smooth bark of a reddish brown colour will at 

 all times attract the Notice of the most superficial observer. 

 — We met with some other Plants which were new to me & 

 which shall be the subject of particular description hereafter. 



On our return in the evening we found the Tents & 

 Marquee pitchd on the low point near the Vessels together 

 with the Observatory in which the Astronomical Quadrant 

 was fixd for taking equal altitudes to ascertain the rate of 

 the Time-keepers. 



Next day being remarkably serene pleasant weather 

 part of our Powder was landed on another low point at 

 a little distance to be aired under the care of the Gunner, 

 & this duty was daily attended to till the whole stock was 

 perfectly dried. — The Seamen began to repair the rigging 

 & the Mechanics were severally occupied in their different 

 employments, while my botanical pursuits kept me suffi- 

 ciently engaged in arranging & examining the collections I 

 had already made. 



On the 4th I landed opposite to the Ship to take an 

 excursion back into the Woods which I had hardly enterd 

 when I met with vast abundance of that rare plant the 

 Cypropedium bulbosoni / which was now in full bloom & 

 grew about the roots of the Pine Trees in very spungy soil 

 & dry situations. I likewise met here with a beautiful shrub 

 the Rhododendrum ponticum & a new species of Arbutus 

 with glaucous leaves that grew bushy & 8 or lo feet high, 

 besides a number of other plants which would be too tedious 

 here to enumerate. 



In this days route I saw a number of the largest trees 

 hollowd by fire into cavities fit to admit a person into, this 

 I conjecturd might be done by the Natives either to screen 

 them from the sight of those animals they meant to ensnare 

 or afford them a safe retreat from others in case of being 



