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payment. This was given him; but, instead of handing over the bladder, 

 he passed it to the second man, who also demanded a knife. When he 

 got it he passed the bladder to the third man, who equally insisted on a 

 knife. This act, as well as some other things they did, proves that their 

 conscience is not highly developed. 



These men seem to be of fair size and resemble the Tatars. They are 

 pale and seemingly healthy. Almost all of them were beardless, whether 

 naturally so or because they had plucked out the hair it is hard to tell; 

 only two or three of them had anything like beards. They stuff roots into 

 their noses which causes them to bleed. Some of these roots they were 

 eating and gave us a few for the same purpose. In order to determine 

 what these roots are we brought them along. In return for their gift 

 we made them a present of sea biscuits. They brought us some kind of 

 mineral wrapped in sea weeds. Aside from arrows, of which we secured 

 four, there was nothing on board their boats. They wear on their 

 heads a kind of hat made of thin birch boards, which are decorated with 

 various colors and feathers. Some of these dippers (hats) had in the 

 top small ivory statues. We secured one of these dippers by giving in 

 trade a dull axe, which they received gladly. As a mark of friendship we 

 offered them a copper kettle, which they kept for a little while and then 

 handed back. 



When they had been near the ship for a considerable time they re- 

 turned to the shore. In the afternoon we were visited by fourteen of 

 these boats, one man in each, among whom were a number who had been 

 with us before noon. When they neared the ship they made the same 

 kind of noise as before. Although they spent three or four hours along- 

 side and we talked a great deal, yet we do not know anything they said, 

 and we could not persuade one of them to come aboard. They would 

 have remained near us even longer if I had not ordered that signs should 

 be made to them to go ashore. I did this because the wind began to 

 rise, making it possible for us to get out of the bay into which we had 

 unintentionally entered. After much difficulty and the loss of an anchor 

 we finally, with God's help, got out. 



September 10, 1741 



Latitude 51 12'; from Vaua, longitude ii° 54' 6", rhumb S77°04'E, 

 distance 451 knots. 



At the sixth hour in the afternoon there was a very light offshore 

 breeze, but we could see from the way the clouds were being driven east- 

 ward that beyond the mountains there was a west wind. 



By the eighth hour the wind freshened a little. We began to heave in 

 the cable and had already 35 fathoms aboard when all of a sudden a 

 squall from the mountains struck us. The anchor began to drag. We 

 hoisted the topsails and foresail. The tide was setting towards the north, 



