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the land also shows its situation to a vessel in the Straits. What 

 at first appears to be Lyell Sound is Kempe Harbour, the 

 Sound lies more to the left. 



" After passing Mazaredo Point, the land is rugged and 

 less woody ; it is not very high, and has a peculiar, rounded 

 appearance, like the tops of loaves of bread. 



There was slate in Kempe Harbour, which seemed to me 

 fit for roofing purposes. 



" In Cascade Bay we found the abundance of limpets and 

 muscles usual on these shores, and of particularly good quality. 

 The Indians live almost entirely upon them and sea-eggs, though 

 birds, and occasionally a seal, add to their subsistence. Vege- 

 tation, both on shore and in the water, is most abundant. At 

 every step one sinks knee-deep in moss, grass, fern, or low 

 bushes. Trees seem to arrive but seldom at perfection ; the 

 climate is so moist that they rot while growing, before they 

 attain any size. Moss grows every where; each bough is 

 covered with it : and the water appears to be as favourable to 

 the growth of kelp as the land is to that of plants. The large 

 kind {Fucus giganteus) shoots up, from many fathoms depth, 

 to the surface, with strong stalks and large leaves. 



" 23d. A bad day ; blowing strong, and at times raining. 

 Mr. Murray, Mr. Stokes, and I, went with three boats to con- 

 tinue our work of exploring and sounding. 



" Saturday, 25th. We weighed and made sail; but the breeze 

 failed, and flaws came against us. While laying out warps, 

 and hanging by the stream-cable, a squall took the sliip and 

 drove her against the rocks, but without doing her any injury, 

 for they were quite wall-sided. The main-yard and spanker- 

 boom were among the trees. We again laid out warps, and had 

 made some progress, when another strong squall obliged us to 

 go back into our anchorage, to remain until the hail, snow, 

 wind, and rain should cease. 



" 26th. An unpromising and wet morning ; but the heavy 

 rain being over, we weighed, and in a few hours reached the 

 western side of San Pedro Sound. 



" About a mile from the point we anchored in Murray Cove, 



