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CHAP. 



X[. 



1787 



A VOYAGE TO THE 



carpenter of the Situation he found the Nootka In: her 

 mafts and yards were in good order, but the iides in many 

 June! parts were dangeroufly open, and her pumps in a very bad 

 an ay 10. ^q^ J^jiion, uot havlug a fpear, or lower box that would fit 

 either pump, nor even a pump-break fit to work with, 

 j^iondayii. The ncxt day captain Meares requefted me to let my car- 

 penter work on board the Nootka a few days, in order to 

 put her in a condition fit for fea, which I readily complied 

 with; and thinking the leaks in her fides and the pumps 

 the moft material objeds, I recommended him to have 

 them put in order firft. The carpenter accordingly went 

 on board, and prefently fent me word that they had no 

 oakum ; on this I gave him directions to make ufe of our 

 own, and by the time he had finifiied, he expended near 

 two hundred weight. The pump geer that wanted armour- 

 ers work was fent on board the King George, and I fet 

 the armourer to work about it immediately. I alfo fent a 

 party on fhore to cut wood for the Nootka, and the punt 

 was employed in carrying it on board ; and whenever the 

 ' weather permitted, the cooper was employed in making 

 fpruce eirence for her ufe. 



In the forenoon the long-boat arrived from Cook's 

 River, and had met with tolerable fuccefs; Meflrs. Hay- 

 ward and Hill afihring me that much more bufinefs might 

 be done in another trip. As foon as the boat was cleared, 

 I ordered her to be fitted out with provifions, and an af- 

 fortment of trade for a fecond expedition. Mr. Hay ward 

 informed me, that on their arrival in Cook's River, foon 

 after getting above Point Bede, they fell in with a party 

 of Kodiac Indians, who they fuppofed were hunting on 

 account of the Ruffians; but they faw none of the ,Rufiian 

 a P^^ty, 



