NORTH \VE;ST COAST OF AiM ERIC A. coi 



C H A P. X. 



Pajfage from the Sandwich IJlands to the Coajl of America, 

 — Good RffeEis of Beer made of the Sweet Root, — Ar- 

 rival at Mo7itague Ifaitd, — Anchor i?i Han7iing s Bay. 

 — Boats fent on a trading Expeditio7i. — Meet with a 

 Vejfel from BengaL — Their diJJreJJing Situation. — Re- 

 frefmients fent to the Nootka. — Pla7i of future Proceed- 

 i7igs. — Vifited by a powerful Tribe of I7idia7'is. — Their 

 Prope7jfty to Theft. — Depar^ture fro77i Mo7itague Ifa7td. 

 — The Ships feparate. — Arrival of the Khig George in 

 Hinchinbrooke Cove. 



"f XrE now proceeded for the coaft a fecond time, and chap. 



^^ till the 19th nothing of material confequence oc- . "_ , 



curred. Latitude 26° 2' North. This day, concluding my- March. 

 felf about twenty-five or thirty leagues to the Eaftward of Monda^^ 19. 

 the Refolution and Difcovery's track towards the coaft, and 

 nearly in the latitude that the iflarids of Saint Maria la Gorta 

 are laid down, having a ftrong gale with very thick weather, 

 I did not think it prudent to run during the night; there- 

 fore at fix o'clock handed the forefail and brou2;ht-to un- 

 der clofe-reefed maintopfail, mizen-fiay-fail, and foretop- 

 maft-ftay-fail ; fliip's head to the South Weft. , Queen 

 Charlotte brought-to clofe under our lee quarter. During 

 the night it continued to blow very hard, with heavy 

 fqualls from the South South Eaft. 



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