NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA. i^ 



whale fifliery. Captain Clark had bee a out fourteen ^ "j[^ ''• 



months, and had ioq tons of oil on board : the brie was » — t"""* 



" '785- 



outward bound. oaober, 



Monday 24. 



The filling up our water, and providing ourfelves with 

 fuch frefh provifions as the ifland afforded, being principal 

 objedts here, I went on fhore in the afternoon, accom- 

 panied by captain Dixon, to learn the beft method of fa- 

 cilitating our various purpofes. 



After waiting on the commander of the fort, who is 

 fly led the " Captain Moor^'' and paying a port charge of 

 four dollars for each vefTel, I went to infpedl the- wells, 

 of which there are two, and both afford excellent water : 

 one of them indeed is rather inconvenient for watering, 

 being fituated at a confiderable diflance from the fhore ; 

 but the other is not more than 200 yards from the beach, 

 with a good rolling-way for cafks. I am inclined to think 

 it is better water than the other, as I obferved it the moft 

 frequented by the inhabitants. 



I WAS informed that a market would be held at Praya 

 on the morrow, where I might have an opportunity of 

 furnifhing myfelf with live flock and various kinds of re- 

 frefhments, which were brought by the inhabitants from 

 feveral parts of the illand. 



At day-light in the morning of the 25th the long-boat Tuefdayzs. 

 was hoifled out, and I difpatched Mr. Hayward, my third 

 mate, with a party, to fill water, following them immedi- 

 ately myfelf in the whale-boat. When we got near the 



D beach. 



