28 Mensies' Journal. 



Admiralty Inlet. 



1792. 

 May 11th. 



May 12th. 



Rhatnnus 



PursManus 



(Cascara 



Sagrada) and 



Ceanothus 



velutinus. 



it grew bushy & was of a dark green colour like Myrtles 

 which it much resembled in its general appearance. I had 

 seen it before in several other places since we came into 

 the Streights but no where in such perfection as here, I 

 therefore employd this afternoon in making a delineation 

 of it as we went along in the Boat. 



We felt it exceeding cold next morning before the 

 sun got up, the Mercury in a Thermometer exposd to the 

 open Air was so low as 42° of Farenheit's scale, this was 

 occasiond by our being close under that high ridge of 

 Mountains with snowy summits which support the Peaks 

 of Mount Olympus & which now lay between us / & the sea 

 coast, but their sides were every where coverd with one 

 continued forest of Pinery. 



Soon after day break we were again in motion pursuing 

 the Arm which still lead to the Southward & as we stopt 

 about noon to get a Meridian Altitude we were overtaken 

 by a Canoe with two men who made signs to us that there 

 were more before us. The Seine was hauld with indifferent 

 success while I took a stroll about the Woods where I found 

 three different kinds of Maple & a Rhamnus Arbutus & 

 Ceanothus that were new to me beside several others. 



■ After dinner we set out to continue our examination of 

 the arm which was now hemmed in by lofty Mountains on 

 one side & low flat country of considerable extent on the 

 other. About five in the afternoon we observd smoke & 

 some Natives on a Beach on the Starboard shore to which 

 we pulled in with the Boats & on landing found two or 

 three families occupied in drying & smoking of Clams 

 skewerd upon small rods — We saw but a few men, the 

 women & Children having fled into the Woods at our 

 approach & from all appearance their residence seemd to 

 be a temporary one merely for the purpose of drying & 

 collecting of fish — They told us that more Natives were 

 on the opposite point where the arm seemd to take an 

 Easterly direction, we crossed over & found them more 

 numerous living on the Beach without any kind of habi- 

 tation shelter or covering whatever which leads us to 

 conclude that they were only a foraging party in pursuit 

 of Game collecting & drying of fish / for we procurd from 

 them a number of Salmon & flat fish & the men purchasd 

 several Bear Skins but we saw no Sea Otter Skins among 



