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a large bay protected by an island from the northern winds, 

 and Vancouver gave the bay the name of his vessel, " Discov- 

 ery Bay," and called the island " Protection Island;" and then 

 all returned to the ships well pleased with their day's work. 

 The next day he made a circuit of a larger bay and called it 

 " Port Townsend," in honor of one of the signers of his letter 

 of instructions. 



Day after day they pursued their task of discovering, and 

 within a month had examined the huge " pocket " with 

 its islets, its bays, its basins and had given to the 1,800 miles 

 of coast it included, the general name of " Puget Sound " 

 after Vancouver's second Lieutenant, Peter Puget. By June 

 he was ready to proceed northward and to enter the great 

 internal sea, of which on June 4th, in honor of the King's 

 birthday, he took formal possession and named it, with 

 bumpers, the " Gulf of Georgia." Thus far he had named 

 Hood's Canal after Rt. Hon. Lord Hood, another signer of 

 his letter of instructions ; Port Orchard, after one of his men ; 

 Vashon Island, after " my friend Capt. Vashon of the navy ;" 

 Restoration Point, because the day they saw it was the day 

 commemorative of " that memorable event, the restoration of 

 Monarchy and of King Charles II as its representative ;" and 

 Penn Cove " in honor of a particular friend." Then during 

 July and till August 25th, he was busy exploring and naming 

 the hosts of islands, passages, inlets, &c., between Grey's Point 

 and Cape Scott, the north west point of Vancouver Island. 

 A glance at a good map will show that the 64 days were busy 

 days. At Point Grey (named for Capt. Grey of the U. S. 

 vessel " Columbia ") he found two Spanish vessels engaged in 

 surveying the straits, for Spain had her eye upon the region. 

 Vancouver's courtesy was equal to theirs,and he called Galiano 

 and Valdes Islands after the Commanders of these two vessels. 

 Then he went on northward, ever seeking to find some inlet 

 that would connect with the great inland sea, which in turn 

 would bring the Atlantic Coast of North America within 

 close distance to the Pacific and, thus supply the opportunity 

 to establish that north west passage believed so firmly by 

 many to exist. He explored and named (after Sir Harry 

 Burrard of the Royal Navy) Burrard Inlet, upon a magnificent 

 headland of which the fine city of Vancouver is built, a 

 memorial, on the mainland, ot the great sea captain. He 

 named Atkinso7i Point after a " particular friend ;" Anvil 

 /s'/^/zrf " because of its shape ;" Point Upivood "for an early 

 friend ;" Howe Sound ^ for Admiral Earl Howe ; Jervis Inlet ^ 



