Menzics' Journal. 



Cypress Island. 51 



On landing we could not help noticing the great dif- 

 ference between these Islands & that fine Country we had 

 so lately examined, tho not removd from it above 2 or 3 

 leagues. Here the land rose rugged & hilly to a moderate 

 height & was composd of massy solid Rocks coverd with 

 a thin layer of blackish mould which afforded nourishment 

 to a straddling forest of small stinted pines. The Shores 

 were almost every where steep rugged & cliffy which made 

 Landing difficult & the woods were in many places equally 

 difficult of access from the rocky cliffs & chasms / with 

 which they abounded, but I was not at all displeasd at the 

 change & general ruggcdness of the surface of the Country 

 as it producd a pleasing variety in the objects of my pursuit 

 & added Considerably to my Catalogue of Plants. 



I here found another species of that new genus I 

 discoverd at Village Point in Admiralty Inlet, & a small 

 well tasted wild onion which grew in little Tufts in the 

 crevices of the Rocks with a species of Arenaria both new. 

 I also met with the Lilium Canadcnse & the Lilium Cam- 

 schatccnsc, the roots of the latter is the Sarana so much 

 esteemd by the Kamtschadales as a favourite food. Vide 

 Cook's Voyage. 



We rowed through some small Channels among these 

 Islands & on our return again in the cool of the evening 

 which was serene & pleasant we saw several Deer browsing 

 among the Cliffs in different places : they were no wise shy 

 as they sufTerd us to approach very near them & it happend 

 unluckily that neither Mr. Broughton or myself had any 

 thing with us but small shot for our pieces which could have 

 no effect upon them, indeed the reason was we hardly 

 expected to meet with any quadruped on these Islands so 

 did not provide ourselves for it. As we w^ere afterwards 

 crossing the Channel to join the Vessels in Strawberry Bay 

 we landed on a small flat Island where we shot a number 

 of black sea pies & carried them on board with us together 

 with the young of a large Crane we got upon another Island 

 which I took to be the Ardea Canadensis. As it was late 

 before we joind the Ship Mr. Broughton remaind on board 

 the Discovery all Night, and 



Next day a Boat came to us from the Chatham when 

 we were informd that she was at an Anchor in a critical 

 situation at the entrance of an opening to the Eastward of 



17'j2. 

 June 8th. 



The Saranne 

 Lily, Fritillaria 

 cnutgchatcen- 

 ■lix, is not BO 

 (•ommon here as 

 F. lanceolata. 

 Both eaten by 

 natives. 



