256 HEWETT BAY—CYPRESS TREES. June 1829. 
finding they had not an article worth bartermg for, we soon 
left them, and returned on board. It was suspected their com- 
panions were not far off, and indeed, the day after, Lieutenant 
Skyring saw several canoes ; but the moment he was discovered, 
they were beached, and the men, taking to the woods, kept at a 
distance. 
“ On the 29th, we left Hewett Bay, and, after threading the 
needle through a multitude of islands, islets, and small rocks, 
for more than three miles, reached an anchorage in a small cove, 
at the north entrance of Brown Bay, where we were detained, 
and confined to the vessel, by heavy gales, and stormy weather, 
until June 2d; when, having a fine day, we reached a spot 
(marked in the chart as North anchorage) sufficiently secure 
for a small vessel ; but not to be recommended to any other. 
“ Between Hewett Bay, and the above anchorage, there are 
several rocks, among patches of kelp, which, as they only show 
themselves at half ebb, or near low water, render the navigation 
rather intricate. A good maxim in these channels is, ¢ Avoid 
kelp, and you avoid danger.’ Forty-three days had passed 
since we left Port Famine; and in this interval, I find we had 
nine favourable days, twelve partially favourable, some hours 
of which we could employ in the work about which we were 
engaged, and the remaining twenty-three were days of rain and 
wind, far too unfavourable to serve our purpose in the least. 
“ June 4th. While turning to windward, we, for the first 
time, felt the influence of the tide, which, from the channel’s 
narrowing, begins to be sensible : here it was sufficiently strong 
to prevent our gaining ground in beating to windward, although 
with a good working breeze ; we therefore ran into a bay on 
the west side, and anchored. The country around had rather 
a pleasing appearance, the shores being partially covered with 
the evergreen, and deciduous-leaved beech, and a few stunted 
cypress-trees. These last are serviceable for boat-hook spars, 
or boats’ masts ; and, when seasoned, work up very smoothly, 
and wear well: the beech-trees do not equal those found fur- 
ther northward in the Strait, except here and there in sheltered 
corners. 
