106 Mcnzics' Journal. 



Cape Cook. 



1792. 

 Aug. 25tb. 



Aug. 26th. 



Esperanza 

 Inlet. 



Castillo de San 

 Miguel of the 

 Spaniards. 

 Aug. 27th. 



Aug. 28th. 



this part of the Coast. As we went round Splitrock / we 

 saw some small Rocks between it & the Shore, so that the 

 Channel does not appear by any means to be a safe passage. 

 We had a fresh breeze from the Westward with which we 

 proceeded about six leagues further along the Coast till 

 about sun set when we stood off & spent the night under an 

 easy Sail with very little wind. 



The 26th we had a light breeze of wind from the East- 

 ward against which we kept plying but made very little 

 progress. Our Latitude at noon was 49° 51' North, Cape 

 Splitrock North 76° West by Compass. We were not at 

 this time above four or five miles from the Land abreast of 

 us which was low & coverd with wood, off which there 

 appeard a number of small Islands but the Country behind 

 appeard very mountainous & so elevated that the summits 

 of several of them were still coverd with patches of Snow. 

 Some of the Natives visited us in their Canoes, & after 

 disposing of some Fish which they brought off to us, they 

 made but a short stay when they paddled again to the 

 Shore. In the evening we were abreast of the West entry 

 into Nootka Sound but as it was hazy we stood off & on all 

 night. 



Next day we kept plying to the Eastward against a 

 breeze of wind which sometimes blew fresh & squally with 

 dark hazy weather & some drizzling rain that greatly 

 retarded our progress & entirely obscured the inland moun- 

 tains from our view, we could however observe that those 

 nearest to us rose with an easy & gradual acclivity & were 

 skirted along shore with a fine extended / level border of 

 Land where the luxuriant appearance of the Forest suffi- 

 ciently indicated the fertility & richness of the Soil. These 

 mountains were separated by wide intervening valleys 

 densely wooded up the sides of the Mountains as far as the 

 eye could discern. 



In the morning of the 28th we stood in again with a 

 light favorable breeze from the Shore, but a thick fog still 

 hovering over the Land we could not make out our situation 

 sufficiently clear to run in, so that we were obligd to stand 

 oft" again till it dispersed, when we bore up for the entrance 

 of Nootka Sound & arrivd in Friendly Cove about four in 

 the afternoon, & after coming to an Anchor an Officer was 

 sent on shore to wait on the Governor & on his return we 



