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stretched out like a cross, and motionless. Though we re- 

 turned all their signs of friendship, and by every expressive 

 gesture tried to encourage them to come alongside, we could 

 not prevail. 



" At ten o'clock next morning we got under sail in order 

 to look out for some place where we might search for and 

 stop the leak ; our present station being too much exposed 

 for this purpose. 



' The natives who visited us the preceding evening came 

 off again in the morning in five or six canoes, but not till 

 we were under sail ; and although they followed us for some 

 time they could not get up with us. At eight o'clock the 

 violence of the squalls obliged us to anchor in a bay. 



" The weather, bad as it was, did not hinder three of the 

 natives from paying us a visit. The treatment these men 

 met with induced many more to visit us between one and 

 two the next morning, in both great and small canoes. A 

 few ventured on board the ship, but not till some of our 

 people had stepped into their boats. Amongst those who 

 came on board was a good-looking middle-aged man, whom 

 we afterwards found to be the chief. He was clothed in a 

 dress made of the sea-otter's skin, and had on his head such 

 a cap as is worn by the people of King George's Sound, 

 ornamented with skyblue glass beads, about the size of a 

 large pea. He seemed to set a much higher value upon 

 these than upon our white glass beads. Any sort of beads, 

 however, appeared to be in high estimation with these 

 .people ; and they readily gave whatever they had in 

 exchange for them, even their fine sea-otter skins. 



" These people were also desirous of iron ; but they 

 wanted pieces eight or ten inches long at least, and of the 

 breadth of three or four fingers. The points of some of their 

 spears or lances were of that metal, others were of copper, 

 and a few of bone, of which the points of their darts, arrows, 

 etc., were composed. I could not prevail upon the chief to 

 trust himself below the upper deck ; nor did he and his 

 companions remain long on board. But while we had their 

 company, it was necessary to watch them narrowly, as they 

 soon betrayed a thievish disposition. At length, after being 

 about three or four hours alongside the Resolution, they all 

 left her and went to the Discovery ; where, after looking 

 down the hatchways and seeing nobody but the officer of the 

 watch, they no doubt thought they might plunder her with 

 ease, especially as she lay at some distance from us. It 

 was unquestionably with this view that they all repaired 

 to her. Several of them, without any ceremony, went on 

 board, drew their knives, made signs to the officer and 

 people on deck to keep off, and began to look about them for 



