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Next morning at daylight we had feveral canoes about 

 the ihip, which brought us a few fmall hogs and fome 



1786. 



June. vegetables. Great numbers of both fexes were in the 

 ^ ^* water, impelled by curiofity to pay us a vifit, notwith- 

 ftanding our diftance from fhore. 



As watering the fhips was now become an object of the 

 fir ft confideration, I went on fhore early in the morning, 

 accompanied by captain Dixon, in order to find out a 

 convenient fpot for that purpofe. We landed on fome 

 rocks juft round Point Dick, quite dry, and met with no 

 oppofition from the inhabitants ; on the contrary, they 

 received us with great kindnefs, and anfwered every quef- 

 tion we afked them very readily. On our inquiring 

 for frefli water, they conduced us to fome, which was 

 lodged in a kind of bafon, formed by the rocks, about 

 fifty yards from the place where we landed ; but the 

 quantity was fo fmall, that it would not afford even a tem- 

 porary fupply. On this we continued our inquiries along 

 fhore, and were informed that there was no frefh water to 

 be met with but at a confiderable diftance to the Weftward. 



After making the Indians fome trifling prefents, we re- 

 turned to the boats, and rowed to the Northward, clofe 

 to a reef, which appeared to run quite acrofs the bay, 

 about a quarter of a mile diftant from the beach. Having 

 proceeded nearly a mile in this direction, a fmall opening 

 in the reef prefented itfelf, for which we fleered. The 

 channel was narrow, but in the middle we had two fathoms 

 water ; and after getting through, there was from three to 

 four fathoms over a bottom of fine fand, and good room 

 between the reef and the beach for a number of veffels 



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