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A VOYAGE TO THE 



VL ^' proceed to Prince William's Sound, where I expeded to 

 procure a good fupply of fine furs. 



1786. 



Auguft. 

 Saturday 5. 



Monday 7. 



Tuefday 8. 



At noon the weather was very unfettled, with every 

 appearance of an approaching gale, which prevented me 

 from weighing. Towards evening a frefh gale came on 

 from the Southward; and at nine o'clock, when the flood 

 made, it blew very ftrong, which occafioned us to let go 

 the fmall bower, and veer away on both cables, until we 

 brought the fmall bower a-head. The gale continued till 

 noon on the 7th ; during which time no canoes came near 

 us ; but about two o'clock, the weather growing more 

 moderate, two fmall canoes ventured off, from whom we 

 purchafed a fufficient quantity of falmon to ferve the fhip's 

 company one day ; but they brought no furs of any kind 

 whatever. Towards evening two large canoes^ came off 

 from the Eaflern fliore ; but the weather then being very 

 bad, they paffed on, without calling along-fide, and went 

 on fhore a-breaft of the fhips, where they hauled their 

 canoes, and turned them bottom up, probably to anfwer 

 the purpofe of temporary habitations, as we foon after- 

 wards faw a fire lighted near each of them. Notwith- 

 flanding the heavy gale of wind we recently had experi- 

 enced, it raifed no fea on the oppofite beach ; on the 

 contrary, the water was fo fmooth, that a fmall boat 

 might be able to land on any part of it with fafety. 



We flill had frefh gales to the Southward, with thick 

 hazy weather ; this, however, did not prevent two fmall 

 canoes from venturing along-fide with a few falmon. In 

 the afternoon of the 8th, two of the natives came on 

 board, and I gave each of them a knife, a gimblet, and 

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