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4J* j9'. Ion*. 235* +4' i a cliff which projefteil into tlie fea 

 iwar their ttalloii, and ti'rminatcJ in the torin of a nveJgc, 

 wascallid tVi^ Orforil, lat.42' 52'. l<ag. 235" :?5'. Some 

 canoes came from the cuaft to vilit tiic Imps, and approached 

 «loiij(Ude of them with ihc jjiealeft contidencc. 'I'iie people- 

 were dilliiiguilhcd hv a plc;ilinf; and court tons deportment ; 

 their countenances indicated nolliinjj lerocioiis ; their features 

 parto<ik of tlie Eiiropean charaAor ; their colour was a light 

 olive; and btlules being puiiCtuattd like ihnt of the loutli- 

 fea illandcis, their ikin had many other marki, which were 

 cither the efleitsof injury in roving throug-h the foreft'. witit 

 thin clothing, or purely ornamentid. Their liaturc did not 

 exceed five feet fix inches ; they were well-lind)ed, hut flen- 

 der in tl^eir pcrfons, bore little or no rtfcniblaiicc to the 

 people of Noutka ; nor did thev feem to have the leall 

 Knowledge of their language. I'hey preferred cleanlintis 

 to tlie painting of their bodies ; in their ears and noles they 

 had fmall ornaments of bone ; their hair, wliich was long 

 and black, was clean and neally ctimbed, and generally tied 

 in a clwb behind, and fonic of tiicm had it tliiis tied in front. 

 They were drclied in garments, nearly covering them, made 

 principally of the fi<ins of deer, bear, fox, and river otter. 

 Their canoes, capable of carrying about eipht people, were 

 rudely wrought out of a linglc tree, relembling in fliape a 

 butcher's tray, and appearing to be unfit for cither a fca 

 Toyage or any dillant expedition. They brougiit but a few 

 articles to barter, and tlicy anxioufly folicitcd in exchange iron 

 and beads. In their traffic they wae fcrupuloufly honell in 

 fixing their bargain with the tirtt bidder, and in refulingany 

 prcfeuts without an equivalent in return. 



In their progrefs from their lall ilr.tion near Cape Orford, 

 they dilcovered a point of land which they confidered to be 

 the Ciipe Blano of Martin d'Aguilar, in lat. 43° 23'. long. 

 ^^$' 50'., and the Cape Gregory of Captain Cook ; and 

 fhcy fought for the river or llraits, which are faid to have 

 been dilcovered by this navigator. They next arrived at a 

 promontor)', which Captain Cook calls Cape Perpdua, in 

 latitude 44"^ 12'. longitude 236° 51'.; and purfuing their 

 route, they pafled Ciipe Foiiliueather, which is a confpicuous 

 promontory, in latitude 44° 49'. longitude 236° 4'. They 

 next proceeded to Cape Lookout, in latitude 45° 32'. lon- 

 gitude 236° It', which is a fmall projeifting point, that 

 had been feen by Mr. Mears, and oft which are four rocks, 

 one of ihcm being perforated as he has defcribed it. They 

 afterwards pafTed Cape Difappointment of Mr. Mears, in 

 latitude' 46'^ 19'. and longitude 236° 6'., and the opening 

 to the fouth of it called Deception Bay. The country be- 

 fore them prefcnted a luxuriant landfcape ; the interior 

 parts were elevated and diveriificd with hills, and the whole 

 liad the appearance of a continued forelt, as far as the eye 

 could reach. They wifhed to find a bay in the vicinity of 

 a country that prcfented fo delightful a profpeft of fer- 

 tility ; but they were under a neccflity of purfuing their 

 courfe ; and having pafTed the Low point of Mr. Mears, 

 and his Sboal-iuater bay, they arrived at Point Grenville, 

 in Lititude 47° 22'. longitude 235° 58}'. The coaft from 

 feence northward rofe regularly in height, and the inland 

 country acquired a confiderable degree of elevation ; and 

 here they law that land, called by Mr. Barclay, Dejlruaion 

 IJland, in latitude 47-^ 37'. longitude 235= 49'. ; which is 

 the largell detached land that they had obferved on the 

 coaft, and prefented a very barren afpeft. A canoe or two 

 were feen paddling near the illand. " It is a faft," fays 

 Mr. V. " not lefs fingular than worthy of obfer'vation, 

 that on the whole extenfivc coait of New Albion, and more 

 paniculariy in the vicinity of thofe fertile and delightful 

 ttiores we had lately pafftd, we had not, excepting to the 



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ftAithward of Cape Orford, and at this place, feen any in. 

 habitants, or met with any circumftauces, that in the molt 

 dillant manner indicated a probability of the country being 

 inhabited." Since they had paffed Cape Orfird, they had 

 a conllant current, fetting in the line of the coaft north- 

 ward, at an uniform rate of near half a league per hour. 

 In this part of the coalt the moft remarkable mountain 

 which they had feen, prefcnted itfelf: its fuminit, covered 

 with perpetual (now, was divided into a very elegant double 

 lork, and rofe confpicuoully from a bafe of lofty moun- 

 tains clothed in the fame manner, which defcended to hills 

 of a moderate height, and terminated in low cliffs, falling 

 peipendicularly on a fandy beach. This was confidered 

 to be the mount Olympus of Mr. Mears, in latitude 47" 10'. 

 though the latitude of the obfcrvers was 47° 38'., and the 

 mountain was north of them. Purfuing tlieir courfe fur- 

 ther northward, they diftinguilhed the fouth point of en- 

 trance into De Fuca's ftraits, and on the oppofite fide of 

 the ftraits an opening of confiderable extent. They per- 

 ceived that this coaft, like that which had been explored 

 from Cape Mendocino, was finn and compaft, without any 

 opening into the Mediterranean fea, as ftated in latitude 

 47" 45'., or the leaft appearance of a fecure harbour, either 

 ill that latitude, or from it fouthward to Cape Mendocino ; 

 although, in that fpace, geographers have thought it ex- 

 pedient to furnilh many. They now fnw feveral villages 

 fcattered along the fhore, whofe inhabitants came off, as 

 it was fuppoied, for the purpofe of trading. Having 

 paffed between Tatooche's IJland, and a rock, called Rack 

 Duncan, along the fouthern Ihore of the fuppofed ftraits 

 of De Fuca, they anxioufly looked for the point which 

 Captain Cook had denominated Cape Flattery ; and at laft; 

 concluded, that Claret, a projefting and confpicuous pro- 

 montory, at the fouth entrance of the inlet, is the point, 

 with an illand lying off it, which Captain Cook called 

 Cape Flattery. The village of Claffet is fituated about 

 two miles within the cape, and appeared to be cxtenfive 

 and populous. The few natives, who came off" to the Ihip, 

 refembled in moft refpefts the people of Nootka : their 

 perfons, garments and behaviour, were very fimilar ; but 

 inftead of the ornamental crefcent at the nofe, ufed by 

 the inhabitants of Nootkn, they wore f'>iight pieces of 

 bone ; their canoes, arms and implements were the fame, 

 and they fpoke the fame language. They anchored about 

 eight miles within the entrance, on the fouthern (hore of 

 the fuppofed ftraits of De Fuca. The fliorcs on each fide 

 of the ftraits are of a moderate height ; thofe on the fouth 

 fide are compofed of low fandy clifts, and from the top of 

 thefe the land appeared to afcend gently, and to be co- 

 vered with trees, chiefly of the pine tribe, until the forefl: 

 reached a range of high craggy mountains, the fummits 

 of which were covered with fiiow. The northern fliore 

 did not appear quite fo high, nor were the mountains, 

 which formed a compaft range, fo much covered with 

 fnow. Steering to the eaft, along the fouthern (hore, their 

 latitude was 48° 19'., and longitude 236° 19'.; and the 

 variation of the compafs 18^ eaft. The north promontory 

 of Claffet was fituated in latitude 48" 23 J', longitude 

 235° 38'- Proceeding forward, they came to anchor in 

 14 fathoius water, about three miles from a low fandy 

 pomt of land, refembhng Dungenefs in the Britifh Chan- 

 nel, and called Neip Dungenefs : whence they difcovered a 

 lofty mountain, which they called Mount Baker, ap- 

 parently at a veiy remote diftance. " We had now," fays 

 Mr. V. " advanced further up this inlet than any other 

 perfon from the civilized world ; ahhough it ftiould here- 

 after be provol to be the fame wliich is faid to have been en- 

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