Menzies' Journal. 



Admiralty Inlet. 23 



point of this arm which we reachd by noon when a Meridian 

 Altitude by a quick silver horizon gave our Latitude 48° 7' 

 30" North. In this walk I found growing in the Crevices 

 of a small rock about mid way between the two points a 

 new Speices of Claytonia, & as I met with it no where else 

 in my journeys, it must be considerd as a rare plant in this 

 country. I namd it Claytonia furcata & took a rough sketch 

 of it which may be seen in my collections of Drawings. 



The shores here are sandy & pebbly — the point we came 

 to was low & flat with some Marshy ground behind it & 

 a pond of water surrounded with willows & tall bulrushes, 

 behind this a green bank stretchd to the Southward a little 

 distance from the shore which was markd with the beaten 

 paths of Deer & other Animals. While dinner was getting 

 ready on the point I ascended this Bank with one of the 

 Gentlemen & strolled over an extensive lawn, where solitude 

 rich pasture & rural prospects prevaild — It presented an 

 uneven surface with slight hollows & gentle risings inter- 

 spersd with a few straddling pine trees & edged behind with 

 a thick forest of them that coverd OA^er a flat country of 

 very moderate height & renderd the Western side of this 

 arm a pleasant & desirable tract of both pasture & arable 

 land where the Plough might enter at once without the least 

 obstruction, & where / the Soil though light & gravelly 

 appeard capable of yielding in this temperate climate luxu- 

 riant Crops of the European Grains or of rearing herds of 

 Cattle who might here wander at their ease over extensive 

 fields of fine pasture, though the only posessors of it we 

 saw at this time were a few gigantic Cranes of between 

 three & four feet high who strided over the Lawn with a 

 lordly step. 



To the North east of us across Admiralty Inlet which 

 is about a league wide we had from this eminence a most 

 delightfull & extensive landscape, a large tract of flat coun- 

 try coverd with fine Verdure & here & there interspersd 

 with irregular clumps of trees whose dark hue made a 

 beautiful contrast aided by the picturesque appearance of 

 a rugged barrier of high mountains which at some distance 

 terminated our prospect in lofty summits coverd with 

 perpetual snow. 



After dinner we proceeded examining this southerly 

 arm, dividing the boats for the purpose of sounding & 



1702. 

 May 7tb. 



Neither the 

 species nor the 

 sketch are 

 quoted by 

 Hooker and 

 other authors. 

 Point Hudson. 



F'rnbably 

 Grus mexicana 

 I the Sandhill 

 Crane). 



