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children came running down to the beach as soon as we made 

 our entrance, and some of them got into their canoes and came 

 along-side. They were no better looking nor more cleanly than 

 those we had before seen, and we were very glad to purchase 

 the fish they brought for sale, in order to get them out of the 

 ship as soon as possible. 



This harbor is a superb one, being easy of access, free from 

 rocks or shoals, eight miles long, and from one and a half to 

 two miles wide — possessing the very best kind of bottom, and 

 with sufficient depth of water for the largest vessel to lay 

 within two hundred yards of the shore. The country in the 

 vicinity is not mountainous, but vises into hills of moderate 

 elevation, covered all over with pine and spruce trees of the 

 largest dimensions. 



May 3d. The following General Order was issued this 

 afternoon, and passed round to be read : — 



" The undersigned informs the officers and crews under his 

 command, that the duties upon which they are about to enter, 

 will necessarily bring them at times in contact with the 

 savage and treacherous inhabitants of this coast, and he there- 

 fore feels it his duty, to enjoin upon them the necessity of 

 unceasing caution, and a restrictive and mild system in all 

 their intercourse with them. 



" In my General Orders, of July 13th, 1839, my views are 

 expressed fully, respecting our intercourse with savages, and I 

 expect that the instructions therein contained, will be strictly 

 regarded. 



" With a knowledge that many of the misfortunes that have 

 befallen previous voyagers on this coast, have arisen from an 

 unrestrained and unguarded intercourse with the natives, he 

 deems it important to order officers in charge of boats, and 



