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two inches in length stuck through the cartilage of their 

 noses. 



May 7th. At 1 P. M. we proceeded to get under-way, but 

 were obliged to come-to again soon after on account of light 

 variable winds. Mounts Reinier and Baker are visible from 

 this point. They both rise to a great altitude, and their sum- 

 mits are covered with perpetual snows. There were no natives 

 to be seen at this place, nor any evidences of any ever having 

 been here. The weather during the night was boisterous, 

 and as the anchorage is not well protected, the ship rolled 

 heavily, so much so that we could scarcely walk the decks. 



May 8th. Early in the morning we sent the boats out to 

 survey, although the weather was by no means favorable for 

 such duties. Several of the boats narrowly escaped being 

 swamped. We finished about noon, when we made sail and 

 beat to the southward and eastward along Admiralty Sound, 

 with a fresh breeze and a heavy head-sea till about 7 P. M., 

 when we again let-go our anchor within a quarter of a mile of 

 the shore. The water here was deep, and the coast on either 

 hand bold and rugged, and apparently uninhabited. We 

 named this place Pilot Cone, from the circumstance of our 

 receiving there two pilots in the employ of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company, to take the Squadron up to Nisqually. 



May 10th. We have enjoyed beautiful weather all this day, 

 and I cannot conceive a more magnificent picture than the 

 Mountains Rainier and Olympus presented as the rising sun 

 illumined their lofty peaks, and dispersed the mists that still 

 floated in fleecy clouds over the tranquil valleys around their 

 bases. The altitude of the latter mountain is stated to be 

 eight thousand feet. At 2.80 P. M. we got under-way. The 

 Sound now became quite narrow, being in some places not 

 more than half a mile wide. Some Indians were observed 



