74 Menzies Journal. 



Lewis Channel. 



1792. 

 July 2nd. 



Redondn Id. 



Nipple Summit, 

 alt. 2,S76 ft. 

 Mr. Mudge was 

 probably one of 

 the party. 

 Vancouver, 

 I., 328, named 

 Point Mudge 

 " after my first 

 lieutenant, 

 who had also 

 discovered the 

 inlet from the 

 top of a 

 mountain he 

 had ascended 

 in this neigh- 

 bourhood." 



Perhaps a more 

 accurate 

 estimate than 

 that of the 

 chart. 



a house to throw off the wet, but this substance being of a 

 tender & spongy texture was further guarded by being built 

 under the shelter of a large Maple leaf to ward off the Rain 

 & heavy droppings from the branches. / This exterior 

 covering was evidently made up of minute fibres of rotten 

 & decayd wood, bleachd by long exposure to the weather, 

 which had been collected & agglutinated together by some 

 waxen matter into its present form & appearance by the in- 

 defatigable labour of these wonderfull & curious Mechanics. 



On the inside of it was found a small cluster of Cells 

 like Honeycombs, fastend round the Twigs to which the 

 Nest was suspended for greater security & these Cells con- 

 taind the young brood of this little but curious Hive. 



In order to vary my excursions & search the upper 

 regions of the Woods for Botanical acquisitions I one day 

 ascended a hill on the North Side of the Channel close to 

 the Ship in company with some of the Gentlemen, & found 

 my journey amply repaid by a number of new Plants never 

 before discoverd. As we did not know the time it might 

 take us to reach the summit, we took with us some men to 

 carry provision & water & landed pretty early in order to 

 have the fatiguing part of the Journey over before the heat 

 of the day. I also carried with me a portable Barometer 

 to ascertain the height we might reach from the sea side, & 

 as the day continud clear & serene without any material 

 change of weather taking place between the observations, 

 they will I think give the height of this Hill tolerably 

 accurate. The first station was at the Sea Side on our land- 

 ing in the Morning where the Mercury in the Barometer 



in 



stood at 29. 85 & the second station was on the top of the 

 Hill in about three hours & an half after where it stood at 



in Pts 



27. 10 & where the temperature of the air by Farenheit's 

 Thermometer was at the same time 64°. The difference 

 between these two observations of the Barometer shew that 



In Pts 



the / Column of Mercury sunk by our ascent 2. 75 which 

 makes the perpendicular height of the Hill about 867 Yards 

 above the level of the Sea, but it is a mere hilloc in com- 

 parison to others immediately behind it, & particularly to 

 the great range of continental mountains which terminated 

 our view to the Northward. 



