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fize, fome of which we took. We found alfo frefh water in 
two places ; one was a running ftream, but that was a little 
brackifh where I tailed it, v/hich was clofe to the fea ; the 
other was a handing pool, clofe behind the fandy beach, and 
this was perfeftly fweet and good. Notwithflanding the dis- 
tance of this ifland from the main, we faw, to our great fur- 
prize, that it was fometimes vifited by the natives ; for we 
found feven or eight frames of their huts, and vail heaps of 
Ihells, the fifh of which we fuppofed had been their food. We 
obferved that all thefe huts were built upon eminences, and 
entirely expofed to the S. E. contrary to thofe which we had 
feen upon the maini for they were all built either upon the 
fide of a hill, or under fome buihes which afforded them fhelter 
from the wind. From thefe huts, and their fituation, we con- 
cluded that at fome feafons of the year the weather here is in- 
variably calm and fine ; for the inhabitants have no boat 
which can navigate the fea to fo great a diilance, in fuch wea- 
ther as we had from the time of our firfl coming upon the coafl. 
As we "faw no animals upon this place but lizards, I called it 
Lizard Island; the other two high iflands, which lie at th. 
diilance of four or 5 miles from it, are comparatively fmall ; and 
near them lie three others fmaller Hill, and low, with feveral 
fhoals or reefs, efpecially to the S. E. : there is however a 
clear palfage from Cape Flattery to thefe iflands, and even 
quite to the outward reefs, leaving Lizard ifland to the north 
well, and the others to the fouth eafl. 
At two in the afternoon, there being no hope of clear wea- 
ther, we fet out from Lizard Ifland to return to the fhip, and 
in our way landed upon the low fandy ifland with trees upon it, 
which we had remarked in our going out. Upon this ifland 
we faw an incredible number of birds, chiefly fea-fowl : we 
found alfo the nefl of an eagle with young ones, which we kil- 
led ; and the nefl of fome other bird, we knew not what, of a 
mofl enormous fize ; it was built with flicks upon the ground, 
and was no lefs than fix and twenty feet in circumference, and 
two feet eight inches high. We found alfo that this place had 
been vifited by the Indians, probably to eat turtle, many of 
which we faw upon the ifland, and a great number of their 
fhells, piled one upon another in different places. 
To this fpot we gave the name of Eagle Island, and af- 
ter leaving it, we fleered S. W. diredtly for the lh ip, found- 
ing all the way, and we had never lefs than eight fathom, 
nor more than fourteen ; the fame depth of water that I had 
found between this and Lizard Ifland. 
When I got on board, the mailer informed me that he had 
been down to the low iflands, between which and the main 
I had direfled him to found ; that he judged them to lie about 
three leagues from the main ; that without them he found from 
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