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We likewife endeavoured to know from them whether they 

 had any mines or precious {tones ; but in this we were likewife 

 difappointed. 



What we faw of the country leaves us no doubt of its fertility, 

 and that it is capable of producing all the plants of Europe. In 

 moft of the gullies of the hills there are rills of clear and cool, 

 water, the fides of which are covered with herbs (as in the 

 ■meadows of Europe) of both agreeable verdure and fmell'. 

 Amongft thefe were Caftilian rofes, fmallage, lilies, plantain, 

 thirties, camomile, and many others. We likewife found ftraw- 

 berries, rafberries, blackberries, fweet onions, and potatoes, all 

 which grew in considerable abundance, and particularly near 

 the rills. Amongft other plants we obferved one which much . 

 refembled percely (though not in its fmell), which the Indians 

 bruifed and eat, after mixing it with onions. 



The hills were covered with very large, high, and ftrait pines, 

 amongft which I obferved fome of 1 20 feet k high, and 4 in dia- 

 meter towards the bottom. 



All thefe pines are proper for mails and mip-building. 



The outline of the port is reprefented in Chart the 6th l , which 

 was drawn by D. Bruno Heceta, D. Juan Fr. de la Bodega, and 

 myfelf. Though the port is there reprefented as open, yet it is 

 to be underftood that the harbour is well meltered from the 

 S.W.W. &N.W. as alfo from the N. N. E. &E. 



[This difcovery was made by the fchooner on the 9th of 

 June.] 



1 Perhaps the accounts given by navigators of the beauty of a country 

 •r its productions after a long voyage may be not entirely relied upon, 

 as they are commonly exagerated. 



k Sefanta varas. 



1 Thefe Charts, which amount; to nine, have never been tranfmitted to 

 England. 



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