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beads was lying in the cave, but they noticed notliing else. The 

 skull seemed to them to have been that of a black man. No 

 animals were seen at any time except deer and nutria, seal and 

 otter ; the former were of a reddish colour, with short straight 

 horns, and very rough coats : no traces of other quadrupeds 

 were observed, nor during the whole fourteen months did they 

 ever meet a native human being. They told me that the night 

 tides seemed always to be a foot or more higher than those of the 

 day, which, as they said, rose from four to seven or eight feet 

 perpendicularly. I had intended to explore the interior of 

 Port S^n Estevan ; but as they had already done so, and found 

 it terminate in a fresh water river, or rather mountain stream, I 

 gave up that plan, and sailed next day. 



29th. While examining the coast towards Cape Taytao* (I 

 must omit haohuon), we found a very dangerous patch of 

 rocks, -f- five miles from the nearest land ; there are soundings 

 near them. In the evening we dropped our anchor under Inche- 

 mo Island ; an interesting locality, because there the Anna Pink 

 anchored before she was drifted across the adjacent bay into 

 Port Refuge (in 1741). 



30th. On landing- an old wooden hut was discovered in 

 a sheltered corner, and we found that the island was over- 

 run with goats, which I suppose to have been left by the 

 Santa Barbara's crew, if not by Machado's people. While 

 Mr. Stokes and I were engaged with the instruments, and two 

 boats sounding, a couple of guns were sent against the goats, 

 and in consequence of their effectual employment in the hands 

 of Mr. Bynoe and H. Fuller, all on board had a good fresh meal 

 the next two days. After noon we sailed across the Bay,;]: 

 and found a snug, though very small cove,§ where we moored 

 in security, and remained till the 4th of January, exploring the 

 neighbourhood — an unprofitable wilderness of rocky moun- 

 tains, woody and swampy valleys, islands and rocks in pro- 



* Cape Taytao is a high bold promontory. 



t Hellyer Rocks. 



I Now called Anna Pink Bay. 



§ Patch Cove. 



