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refused; but made liim sensible that I was satis- 

 fied. 



Wednes., July 24, 1771. At five this morning, 

 I sent the sahnoniers with the net up the river. 

 We caught sixteen fish with it, in the pools 

 above the pound; the latter had sixty-three in it, 

 and the Indians killed twenty with their darts. 



Saturday, July 27, 1771. I jourehased a few 

 skins from the Indians to-day, and, in the evening, 

 they went off for Camp Islands. One of the In- 

 dian men behaving rudely to my maid, I seized 

 him by the collar, and launched him out of the 

 door. I was most heartily tired of their company 

 before they went, they were so very rude and 

 troublesome: and although they eat no less than 

 fifteen large salmon in twenty-four hours, yet 

 they were much displeased that I would not give 

 them another meal. I did not count the number 

 of visitors, but I do not believe they exceeded 

 forty. I had two new salmon-nets put out to-day. 

 We had but few fish out of the pound, and only a 

 score out of the nets; most of which had been 

 some time in the river, I fished a little with the 

 fly at noon, and killed a few trouts. I received 

 several letters by the Indian Prince, among which 

 was a packet from Marnham. 



Friday, August 2, 1771. I lent Guy my chart of 

 the coast, and ordered both boats to Port Char- 

 lotte to try for fish and baits about Point Spear 

 and Cape St. Francis. Having examined the In- 

 dian traffic, I found that I had got three hundred 

 weight of whalebone; ninety-seven ranger, four 



