Mensies' Journal. 



Nimpkish Village. 89 



& afTord an easy means of communication to the Natives 

 of both places. — Saw here a pewter Basin on the bottom of 

 which was La Flovie V. Francais. 



We remaind here till the following forenoon at which 

 time we weighd & stood back again under an easy sail to the 

 Eastward, till we came to that part we passed on the 19th 

 where the North side of the Channel became broken & 

 insular. Here we anchord in the afternoon close to one of 

 the Islands & steadied the Ship by a Hawser fastend to a 

 Tree on Shore. This being the place of rendezvous we 

 waited in daily expectations of being joined by the Chatham, 

 so that no excursion was undertaken or nothing particular 

 happend for the following six days, only one of the Officers 

 was sent in the Cutter the day after we anchord into an Arm 

 leading to the Eastward on purpose to look for the Chatham, 

 with orders not to go far, he therefore returnd on the day 

 following without seeing or hearing any thing of her. 



We were almost daily visited by small parties of the 

 Natives in their Canoes from the Village, who generally 

 brought us a supply of Salmon, tho by no means sufficient to 

 supply all the Ship's company. Some of the people were 

 employd on the Island cutting fire wood / & a party was 

 engagd at times in fetching Water from the opposite side of 

 the Channel, for none was to be met with on the side we 

 were on, it being mostly Islands & low land. 



The surrounding Islands & low land being every where 

 coverd with a continued forest of Pines afforded but little 

 variety of Soil or situation for Botanical researches, so that 

 I made but few new acquisitions during our stay at this 

 place. Two new species of Vaccinium was pretty common 

 in the woods & grew in some places to upwards of 12 feet 

 high, the one had large black berries & the other red, — 

 which were now beginning to ripen, & as they posessd a 

 gratefull acidity we found them extremely pleasant & palat- 

 able after being so long upon salt provision. The only 

 other fruit which the woods at this time afforded us was a 

 new species of Rasberry that grew at least to ten feet high. 

 & of which there were two varieties, one with a large red 

 fruit & another with a yellow that were both equally grate- 

 full & pleasant but were not met with in any great abun- 

 dance. These Fruits together with a daily supply of fresh 

 Spruce Beer greatly assisted to correct the bad tendency of 



1792. 

 July 20fh. 



La Flavle, 

 French ship of 

 about 500 tons, 

 Capt. MagoD. 



July 21st. 



East end of 

 Hanson Id. 



r. parvifoUum 

 and ovalifoUum 

 ( Red and Black 

 Huckleberry). 



liubus 

 !>l)ectahilis. 



