HAP. 

 X. 



1787. 



NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA. 217 



night-tides to be confiderably higher than thofe in the day- 

 time. During this time the people were all bufily em- 

 ployed in watering and wooding ; both of which being iv/aV. 

 found clofe to the beach, made it very convenient ; and the °" ^^ ^* 

 cooper brewing fpruce beer : to a puncheon of beer three 

 gallons and a half of molaffes were added , it was after- 

 wards worked with prepared yeaft, and we fucceeded in 

 the firft brewing, which is not generally the cafe. 



Next morning at three o'clock, being high water, and Tuefdays. 

 a high tide, we hove the fhip off, and laid her in her 

 former ftation. The Queen Charlotte took our place on 

 the beach ; and as the tide fell they begun cleaning and 

 breaming : her fheathing was fomething worm-eaten, but 

 every thing elfe in good order. Captain Dixon was ap- 

 prehenfive that a part of her falfe keel was knocked off 

 by a fhock they received at fea, which was fuppofed to 

 be againii a whale ; but I found all fecure. 



In the forenoon of the 8th we were viiited by three of 

 the natives in two canoes, but they brought nothing to 

 fell, except two river otter- fldns and two feal-fkins, which 

 I bought, and made them a prefent befides ; fo that they 

 went away highly fatisfied. Thefe Indians mentioned the 

 word Nootka very frequent' v ; and every time it was re- 

 peated they pointed up th. Sound : they alfo mentioned 

 the name of Thomas Molloy. I found they were acquainted 

 with the ufe of fire-arms, and I rather fuppofe they have 

 gained that knowledge from the Ruffians. From feveral 

 circumftances, I was inclined to think that our late 

 viiiters belonged to the party we faw in the firfl: har- 

 bour we anchored in. 



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