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iTilles wide. We had to coast round it, as the wind 
raised the vraves so high we could go no other way. 
We halted and dined at a point on the north side of 
the bay where a small river comes in. We aeain 
proceeded on coasting, till we came to a point of land 
where the bay becomes much n'^rrmver ; and the 
W'ater quite salt. The waves here ran so high we 
were obliged to lie to, and let the tide leave our ca- 
noes on dry ground. This point we called Cape 
Swell ; and the bay above, Shallow Bay, as there 
is no great depth of water. In crossing the bay when 
the tide was out, some of our men got sea sick, the 
swells were so great* In it there are a great many 
swans, geese, ducks and other water fowls. The 
whole of this day was wet and disagreeable ; and the 
distance we made, in a straight line, v/as not more 
than 9 miles ; though the distance we coasted was 
. above 20 miles. 
Saturday 9th, The morning w^as windy, rainy and 
disagreeable, and we were obliged to remain at Cape 
Swell all day and unload our canoes to prevent tliem 
from sinking; notwithstanding some of them did 
sink wh^n the tide came in at noon. We had no 
fresh water, except what rain we caught by putting 
Gut our vessels. We remained here ail night, and 
the rain continued. 
Sunday lOt/i. We had a rainy morning, but the 
wind was not so high as it had been yesterday ; and 
we set out from Cape Swell, coasted along for 8 miles,. 
passed some high ciill's of sandy rocks, and then 
came to a point ; where we found the swells so high, 
the w ind having risen, that w e could not proceed : so we 
had to return back about a mile to get a safe harbouro 
Here we dined on sonie pounded salmon, that we had 
Tirocured from the Indians ; and unloaded our canoeso 
After we had been hereabout 2 hours, it became more 
€alm and we loaded the canoes again, but could not 
f*<n round the point, the swells were still so high • . 
