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punt could not fail to be ufeful in wooding and watering ^ ^y-^ ^• 



whilft the boats were abfent. '~~x~"~' 



1787. 



May. ■ 



Next morning feveral canoes came along-fide with a Monday 21. 

 trading party; they brought thirteen very good fea-otter 

 fkins and a ftw indifferent ones. The harbour affording 

 very fine crabs and muffels, I fent a number of the people 

 to procure fome, and they returned in the evening with a 

 good quantity of each. The weather being moderate, our 

 operations en fhore went brifkly forward ; one party were 

 employed in cutting wood, another in fawing plank, and 

 the carpenter, with his affiflants, were bufy about the 

 punt^ 



In the afternoon of the 2 2d two canoes vifited us and" Tuefday22. 

 brought a few good fkins. If I underftood them right, 

 the adjacent country was called Tacklaccimuke, and that . 

 it was principally inhabited by a tribe, the name of whofe 

 chief was Nootuck, and the name of another chief be- 

 longing to the fam.e tribe was Coocha. 



Three canoes belonging to Nootuck's tribe came to 

 the fliip on the 23d, but brought nothing to fell, except a Wednef. 23, 

 few halibut. Indeed, moft of the fea-otter fkins we have 

 procured iince our arrival here were green, and recently 

 taken from the animal ; fo that we were obliged to ftretch 

 and drefs them ourfelves.^ 



^ On the 74th we had ftronggafes from the Eaft by South Thurflay 24. 

 with ram, which prevented any canoes from coming near 

 ns. In the afternoon, the carpenter and his party launched 

 the punt, and came on board in her. 



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