Mcnzics' Journal. 



Broughton Archipelago. 91 



happend to be rising they soon got her off again without 

 receiving any damage. As the weather was squally and 

 unsettled Mr. Broughton remaind on board the Discovery 

 all night. 



The forenoon of the 28th we had westerly wind & 

 heavy Rain but weighd pretty early & plied to the westward 

 in order to assist the Chatham in clearing her Anchor which 

 we found they had accomplishd in heaving a tight strain on 

 their Cable the evening before & leaving it in that state all 

 night by which means the Anchor came loose in the Morning 

 & they were enabled to get under way & join us when we 

 immediately hauld the wind & stood to the Northward across 

 a large Sound strewd over with a number of Islands till we 

 came to the Channel where the Chatham left off exploring 

 the Continental Shore & enterd it about two in the after- 

 noon, but there being little wind & the Tide making against 

 us we went but a little way up when we were obligd to 

 anchor for the night, which remaind / calm & fair till about 

 nine next morning, when a light favorable breeze sprung up, 

 with which we both proceeded North Easterly up the 

 Channel to its first division into two branches, where in going 

 into the Westermost, we enterd upon new ground, but having 

 little wind & night coming on we anchord in 47 fathoms 

 about two miles from its entrance. Before we got under 

 way in the morning we were visited by a small party of the 

 Natives in their Canoes, who as we were weighing Anchor 

 removd from us to a little distance & there remaining 

 stationary continued gazing upon us as we were making Sail 

 with the utmost astonishment, & as it is probable we were 

 the first Vessels they had ever seen in these Channels their 

 excited curiosity at seeing us thus manoeuvre will not appear 

 extraordinary. 



Next morning we found the Arm in which we anchord 

 was not above half a mile wide so consequently did not 

 expect it would go far, & close to us it sent off a branch to 

 the Westward, As the day was nearly calm & fair I in the 

 forenoon accompanied Capt Vancouver & some of the 

 Officers in the Pinnace on a short excursion up the northern 

 branch, & about two miles from the Ship we passed a large 

 stream of fresh water issuing out of a deep gully round the 

 mouth of which we observd a vast number of Salmon leap- 

 ing & gamboling. — Here the Arm took a sudden turn round 



1792. 

 July 27th. 



July 28th. 



Q'lr-en 



Cuarlotte Sd. 

 east eud. 

 Fife Sound. 



July 20th. 



Tribune 

 Cliannel and 

 Simoom Sd. 



Simoom Sd. 



July 30th. 



