C44 AVOYAGETQTHE 



CHAP. XII. 



Range along the Coajl of Montague IJJand. — Short Ac- 

 count of Prince Williajn s Sound, — Defcription of the 

 Inhabitants. — 'Their Perfons. — M.an7ters. — Drefs. — 

 Difeafes. — -Ornaments. — Food. — Cookery. — Situation for 

 a Settlement. — Produce. — Weapons. — Hunting Imple- 

 ments. — Specimen of their Laitguage. — Proceed along 

 the Coafl. — Anchor in PortlocK s Harbour. — Intercourfe 

 with the Natives. — Long-boat fent on a tradi7ig Expe- 

 ditiojt. — Vifited by a diftant Tribe of Indians. 



CHAP. /^N quitting the harbour (which obtained the name of 



\ ,-l_j ^^ Port Etches) I at firft intended to ftand out of the 



July." Sound by way of Cape Hinchinbrooke; but on opening 

 Wednef. 25. ^^<^ paffage, the weather looked very thick and dirty to 

 the South Eaft ; fo that I came to the refolution of pufh- 

 ing for the paffage on the Weft fide of Montague liland ; 

 knowing that with a Southerly wind we might get good 

 and fafe anchorage in that paffage ; but fhould we be taken 

 on the Eaffern fide of Montague Ifland, with a Southerly 

 or South Eaft wind, which in general brings dirty weather 

 with it, we probably might be thrown into a very dan- 

 gerous fituation. I therefore fhaped a courfe for the 

 North point of Montague Ifland, with a frefh breeze at 

 Eaft North Eaft. At feven o'clock we paffed two baySy 

 fttuated on the North Eaft point of the iftand, both of 

 which are noticed in Mr, Edgar's chart. In the after- 

 noon 



