32 Mencies' Journal. 



Admiralty Inlet. 



1792. 



May 18th. 

 Haro Strait. 



On west shore 

 of Whidbey Id. 

 ?Mutiny Bay. 



May 19th. 



Foulweather 

 Bluff. 



Possession Sd. 



Restoration 

 Point. 



Blake Id. 



Colvos Passage. 



The second 

 passage riins 

 S.E., not S.W. 



May 20th. 



Inlet whilst the Chatham hauld up to the North West ward 

 being dispatchd to look into a large opening that appeard 

 in that direction on the other side of this large gulph, & 

 after obtaining what information they could of the size & 

 general direction of it & the other branches in that quarter 

 they were directed to follow us into Admiralty Inlet pur- 

 suing the South East Arm that was left unexplored by the 

 Boats & keeping the Starboard shore of it aboard till they 

 fell in with us. 



We soon after enterd Admiralty Inlet & passing Port 

 Townsend on our right continued our course with a moder- 

 ate breeze till about five in the afternoon when we came to 

 an Anchor on the Larboard Shore in 28 fathoms water 

 about 10 or 12 miles from the Entrance. 



About 8 in the morning we weighd & made Sail with 

 the tide of flood in our favor to the South Eastward, Soon 

 after we passed the bluff Point & enterd the New Arm 

 which preservd nearly the same width & general direction 

 & which we continued sailing up with a fine breeze from 

 the N W. — On our left hand we passed a wide opening 

 going off to the Northward & soon after on our right a 

 pleasant point coverd with the richest verdure in Latitude 

 47° 38' north & Longitude 237° 46 East on which we 

 observd a small village & some Natives, To the South- 

 ward of this the Shore inclind in to a large Bay with a 

 round Island of it coverd with wood, after passing which 

 we found that the arm here divided into two branches, one 

 going to the Southward which was narrow & another to 

 the Southwestward, on which account we hauld in for the 

 Starboard Shore & came to an Anchor about six in the 

 evening on the inside of the Island in 35 fathoms water 

 close to the inner point of it. A Canoe came along side 

 with two or three men in her & after receiving some little 

 presents they paddled off in great haste towards the Village 

 we passed on the Point. 



Two Boats were now provided with arms ammunition 

 & a weeks provision to go off in the morning to examine 

 the Arm leading to the Southward, & though their mode of 

 procedure in these surveying Cruizes was not very favorable 

 for my pursuits as it afforded me so little time on shore at 

 the different places we landed at, yet it was the most eligible 

 I could at this time adopt for obtaining a general knowledge 



