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c H ^ P. ferving one of the pedplfe wlib was juft fetiirned from fhore 

 <- — •^, — -t- to have only one fhoe on, enquired what was become of 

 oaobe'r. the other j and the man telling him he had loft it in the 

 Fnda>' 5. furf juft as he got into the boat; my old friend defired him 

 to point out the place and he would go and look for it ;, 

 obferving at the fame time, that one fhoe only was of 

 little ufe. I attempted to diffuade him from going, as the 

 evening now came on and the wind blew very frefli, but 

 all to no purpofe. Abbenooe, bent on going to fearch- 

 for the fhoe, took a canoe that we kept for his ufe, and 

 paddled away for the beach ; and in lefs than an hour he re- 

 turned on board, bringing the fhoe 'and buckle, and was 

 pleafed to the laft degree that he had been fuccefsful in- 

 his undertaking. 



My old friend acquainted me of the Nootka having 

 failed from this place about a month ago, and captain 

 Dixon having failed from Atoui about eighteen or twenty 

 days ago. He gave me to under ftand that the Nootka and 

 them parted on bad terms, but that captain Dixon and 

 they parted on terms perfedlly friendly. He told me that 

 they had been fired on by the Nootka, but that no perfon had 

 been hurt ; he alfo confirmed the account of Ty-e-a^-naa's 

 having gone off with the Nootka. Towards the evening 

 the king and moft of the principal people went on 

 fhore ; Abbenooe and a few others remained on board with 

 Saturday 6. US all night. lu thc morning began again a brifk trade 

 for yams and water. At noon a frefh breeze from the 

 North Eafl, with open cloudy weather. 



Fresh breezes from North Eaft, with open cloudy- 

 weather. The whole of thefe twenty-four hours employed 



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