NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA. 22t 



. from this Sound, if he fhould find any fhip in ^ \^ ^■ 

 it bound that way ; if not, to proceed immediately to 



Kodiac, and procure a pajGTage to Europe by way of May.' 

 Afia. "' *^'''" 



Towards evening the wind blew ftrong and in {quails. 

 As we were riding chiefly by the fhore-haufer, I was 

 afraid of its parting ; therefore let the fmall bower go 

 under-foot ; but next morning, the weather growing, mo- Friday ii» 

 derate, it was hove up again. All hands were bufily 

 employed in wooding, watering, brev/ing, and working. 

 in the hold. The Queen Charlotte having finiflied clean- 

 ing, breaming, and paying, hauled off the beach into 

 her former ftation. In the afternoon we completed our 

 water, having filled forty butts, two brandy-pieces, and 

 nineteen puncheons. 



At five o'clock captain Meares took leave of us, 

 and proceeded on towards his fliip with as many re- 

 frefhments of various kinds as the boat could well carry. 

 We fpared him fome flour, loaf-fugar, molafles. Sand- 

 wich Ifland pork, gin, brandy, and cheefe, and two good 

 feamen, to aflifl: in navigating his fliip to China ; at 

 which place he was to return them : their names were 

 George Willis and Thomas Dixon, both of whom v/ent 

 on board the Nootka, agreeably to their own requeflis, 

 and not from any entreaty whatever. Befides the above 

 articles, I furniflied captain Meares with 150 cocoa-nuts, 

 which I had great hopes would help to recover his 

 people. 



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