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Menzics' Journal. 



Puget Sound. 



1792. 

 May 21st. 



South Head; 

 Pitt Passage. 



May 22nd. 

 Pitt Passage. 



Ketron Id. 



Triglochin 

 maritimum 

 (Sea Arrow 

 Grass). 



but we saw no Otter Skins amongst them & I believe they 

 were seldom to be met with so far inland. 



When the things were got into the Boats we set off 

 to pursue our examination along shore which now took 

 an easterly turn, followd by all the Canoes very amicably 

 disposed, & offering every little thing they had in the way 

 of barter, so that whatever was the cause of their late 

 behaviour they now seemd wholly to forget it, & finding 

 we were going out of the Bay they soon quitted us & 

 paddled in different directions towards their habitations. 

 In the afternoon the wind set in from the Southward with 

 hard rain which obligd us to pitch our Tents pretty early 

 on the western point of a narrow passage leading to the 

 Southward opposite to the narrow gut we came through in 

 the morning. 



On the morning of the 22^ we had fine weather again 

 with little wind, we set out pretty early & / rowed through 

 the narrow passage after which finding we were amongst a 

 number of large Islands which renderd the Survey & exam- 

 ination more tedious & perplexing we stood to the Eastward 

 as Mr Whidbey wishd to take up his former angular bear- 

 ings in the main branch which we reachd about noon & 

 landed on a small Island close to the Eastern Shore about 

 two leagues to the Southward of where we quitted the same 

 reach two days ago. Here we dind after which we pur- 

 sued the main arm to the Southward & as we were standing 

 for a point on the Western Shore we had very heavy rain 

 thunder & lightning with dark hazy weather that obligd us 

 to land in a commodious place near the Point & encamp for 

 the night. 



Here three Canoes with some men in them came to us 

 from the Eastern shore, they had a quantity of the young 

 shoots of rasberries & of the Triglochin maritimum which 

 they gave us to understand was good to eat & freely offerd 

 us all they had which were accepted of & though we made 

 no use of them yet we did not leave their generosity unpaid 

 making a small present to each which was infinitely more 

 valuable to them. We requested them to get us some fish 

 & they went over immediately & brought us some Salmon 

 & if we understood them right they told us there were 

 plenty up a river on the eastern shore where they came 



