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beads was lying in the cave, but they noticed nothing else. The 

 skull seemed to them to have been that of a black man. No 

 animals were seen at any time except deer and nutria, seal and 

 otter ; the former were of a reddish colour, with short straight 

 horns, and very rough coats : no traces of other quadrupeds 

 were observed, nor during the whole fourteen months did they 

 ever meet a native human being. They told me that the night 

 tides seemed always to be a foot or more higher than those of the 

 day, which, as they said, rose from four to seven or eight feet 

 perpendicularly. I had intended to explore the interior of 

 Port San Estevan ; but as they had already done so, and found 

 it terminate in a fresh water river, or rather mountain stream, I 

 gave up that plan, and sailed next day. 



29th. While examining the coast towards Cape Taytao* (I 

 must omit haohuon), we found a very dangerous patch of 

 rocks,-[- five miles from the nearest land ; there are soundings 

 near them. In the evening we dropped our anchor under Inche- 

 mo Island ; an interesting locality, because there the Anna Pink 

 anchored before she was drifted across the adjacent bay into 

 Port Refuge (in 1741). 



30th. On landing an old wooden hut was discovered in 

 a sheltered corner, and we found that the island was over- 

 run with goats, which I suppose to have been left by the 

 Santa Barbara's crew, if not by Machado's people. While 

 Mr. Stokes and I were engaged with the instruments, and two 

 boats sounding, a couple of guns were sent against the goats, 

 and in consequence of their effectual employment in the hands 

 of Mr. Bynoe and H. Fuller, all on board had a good fresh meal 

 the next two days. After noon we sailed across the Bay, J 

 and found a snug, though very small cove,§ where we moored 

 in security, and remained till the 4th of January, exploring the 

 neighbourhood — an unprofitable wilderness of rocky moun- 

 tains, woody and swampy valleys, islands and rocks in pro- 



* Cape Taytao is a high bold promontory, 

 t Hellyer Rocks, 

 t Now called Anna Pink Bay. 

 ; ^ ^ § Patch Cove. 



