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1778. them down. This was accordingly done ; and then they 
fuffered the gentlemen to walk up to them, and appeared to 
be cheerful and fociable. They had with them a few pieces 
of frefh falmon, and feveral dogs. Mr. Law, furgeon of the 
Dilcovery, who was one of the party, having bought one 
of the latter, took it down toward the boat, and fhot it 
dead, in their light. This ieemed to furprize them ex¬ 
ceedingly ; and, as if they did not think themfelves fafe 
in fuch company, they walked away; but it was foon after 
difcovered, that their fpears, and other weapons, were hid 
in the bullies clofe behind them. Mr. King alfo informed 
me, that the ground was fwampy, and the foil poor, light, 
and black. It produced a few trees and Ihrubs; fuch 
as pines, alders, birch, and willows; role and currant 
bullies; and a little grafs; but they faw not a lingle plant 
in flower. 
We weighed anchor, as foon as it was high water; and, 
with a faint breeze Southerly, flood over to the Weft fhore, 
where the return of the flood obliged us to anchor early 
Tuefday 2. next morning. Soon after, feveral large, and fome fmall 
canoes, with natives, came off, who bartered their fkins,; 
after which they fold their garments, till many of them 
were quite naked. Amongll others, they brought a number 
of white hare or rabbit fkins; and very beautiful reddilh 
ones of foxes; but there were only two or three fkins of 
otters. They alfo fold us fome pieces of falmon and halibut. 
They preferred iron to every thing elfe offered to them in 
exchange. The lip-ornaments did not feem fo frequent 
amongll them, as at Prince William’s Sound; but they had 
more of thofe which pafs through the nofe, and, in general, 
thefe were alfo much longer. They had, however, a greater 
quantity of a kind of white and red embroidered work on 
fome 
