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jQiore in a bay not far from the fliip, where the cooper ^ ^^^f ^' 



was employed in brewing fpruce-beer, and took up their ' — ^ — ' 



lodging in a good convenient houfe, which he and his af- Auguit. 



fiftants had built to flielter themfelyes from the rain, and """^ ^^ "* 

 which was well covered with cedar bark . The feine was 

 hauled in the afternoon, and we caught a good fupply of 

 excellent falmon. 



Some of our old acquaintance came on board in the 

 evening to fleep with us, and I fent a perfon on jGhore by 

 way of hoftage as ufual. Indeed I found it abfolutely 

 necelTary to conform to their cuftom in this particular; 

 for more than once, when I had refufed to exchange 

 hoftages with them, in confequence of the appearance of 

 bad weather, they were immediately alarmed, and would 

 not come near the fhip on any account whatever ; but on 

 my permitting a perfon to go along with them on iliore, 

 they would receive him on entering their boat with a ge- 

 neral fhout of exultation, and feemed perfedly convinced 

 that no harm was intended them. On thefe occafions, 

 inftead of one Indian flaying on board in exchange for the 

 perfon I fent on fhore, more than half a dozen would offer 

 themfelves as volunteers, and I fometimes permitted three 

 or four of them to fleep with us. The two young men 

 who firft vifited us were generally of the party ; and indeed 

 one of them was almoft conflantly on board. 



On the 12th I gave part of the fhip's company leave Sunday iz. 

 to recreate themfelves on fhore; as a walk I knew would 

 be highly ferviceable to them ; and the adjacent country 

 was pleafant and agreeable, and afforded great quantities 

 of blackberries and wild rafpberries, quite ripe, and ex- 

 ceedingly 



