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Menzies Journal. 



Discovery Passage. 



1792. 

 July 5th. 



July 12th. 



S. and W. of 

 Stuart Id. 



Cardero 

 Channel. 



Loughborough 

 Inlet. 



removd thither which was not above five leagues in a direct 

 line to the South West of our present situation, but some 

 little time was put off in connecting & finishing their Survey 

 thus far, so that they did not arrive on board the Discovery 

 till the following day as already mentioned. 



Nothing material happend from this time till Mr. 

 Johnstone's return which we lookd for with some degree of 

 anxiety as it was supposd that he would determine whether 

 there / was a likelihood of any navigable passage for the 

 Vessels to the North West Ward, or whether we should be 

 obliged to return back to the Ocean the way we came by 

 De Fuca's entrance for notwithstanding that Mr. Puget & 

 Mr. Whidbey met with the flood tide coming from the West 

 Ward, yet as that circumstance might be occasiond or 

 influencd by the broken & insulated appearance of the 

 Country, the idea of a free passage to the North West Ward 

 still remaind a conjectural point even with themselves. 



The Spaniards undertook no further excursions but 

 waited the event of Mr. Johnstones return with equal 

 anxiety. We continued visiting one another during our stay 

 on the most cordial terms of friendship, which was mutually 

 cultivated on both sides by frequently spending our convivial 

 hours together in the most social manner. 



Early on the I2th of July Mr. Johnstone return'd with 

 his two Boats & party & as this excursion was so very inter- 

 esting to us, I shall state the following particulars from his 

 copious report. After their departure on the 3*^ of July 

 they that evening reachd the Channel where they formerly 

 left off, but by another entrance a little to the South Ward 

 of their former, where the Tides were in like manner subject 

 to violent commotions & rapid whirlpools that made its 

 navigation difficult if not altogether impracticable to Vessels 

 of any considerable burthen & this difficulty was renderd 

 more alarming by the depth of Water which was from 60 

 to 70 fathoms. From these Rapids they pursued the Arm 

 which was about one mile wide in a westerly direction, but 

 the / two following days were mostly spent in examining 

 some branches that went off to the Northward, the last of 

 which had carried them about 8 leagues between two high 

 ridges of steep Mountains whose summits were coverd with 

 Snow that waterd their sides with many torrents and beau- 

 tiful cascades. In this Arm they stopped the second even- 



