A VOYAGE TO 
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1 779- of flat filh, cod, trout, and herring. Thefe laft, which 
V- L -*-‘ _» were in their full perfection, and of a delicious flavour, 
were exceedingly abundant in this hay. The Difcovery’s 
people furrounded, at one time, fo great a quantity in 
their feine, that they were obliged to throw a vaft num¬ 
ber out, left the net ftiould be broken to pieces; and 
the cargo they landed was afterward fo plentiful, that, 
beftdes a fufticient ftore for immediate ufe, they filled as 
many calks as they could fpare for falting; and, after 
fending to the Refolution a fufticient quantity for the 
fame purpofe, they left feveral bulhels behind on the 
beach. 
The fnow now began to difappear very rapidly, and 
abundance of wild garlic, celery, and nettle-tops were ga¬ 
thered for the ufe of the crews ; which being boiled with 
wheat and portable foup, made them a wholefome and 
comfortable breakfaft; and with this they were fupplied 
every morning. The birch-trees were alfo tapped, and the 
fweet juice, which they yielded in great quantities, was con- 
ftantly mixed with the men’s allowance of brandy. 
Sunday 16. The next day, a fmall bullock, which had been procured 
for the fhips companies by the Serjeant, was killed; and 
weighed two hundred and leventy-two pounds. It was 
ferved out to both crews for their Sunday’s dinner, being 
the firft piece of frefh beef they had tafted fince our de¬ 
parture from the Cape of Good Hope in December 1776, a 
period of near two years and a half. 
This evening died John Macintolh, the carpenter’s mate, 
after having laboured under a dyfentery ever fince our de¬ 
parture from the Sandwich Iflands : he was a very hard¬ 
working quiet man, and much regretted by his mefs-mates* 
He was the fourth perfon we loft by ficknefs during the 
voyage; 
