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fome parts of their garments, and on other things, fuch as 
their quivers, and knife-cafes. 
At half paft ten, we weighed with the firft of the ebb, and 
having a gentle breeze at South, plied down the river; in 
the doing of which, by the inattention and negleCt of the 
man at the lead, the Refolution ftruck, and ftuck fall on a 
bank, that lies nearly in the middle of the river, and about 
two miles above the two projecting bluff points before men¬ 
tioned. This bank was, no doubt, the occalion of that very 
Itrong rippling, or agitation of the llream, which we had 
obferved when turning up the river. There was not lefs 
than twelve feet depth of water about the Ihip, at the loweft 
of the ebb; but other parts of the bank were dry. As foon 
as the Ihip came aground, I made a lignal for the Difcovery 
to anchor. She, as I afterward underltood, had been near 
alhore on the Well lide of the bank. As the flood-tide 
came in, the Ihip floated off, foon after five o’clock in the 
afternoon, without receiving the leafl damage, or giving us 
any trouble; and, after Handing over to the Weft fhore, in¬ 
to deep water, we anchored to wait for the ebb, as the wind 
was Hill contrary. 
We weighed again with the ebb, at ten o’clock at night; 
and, between four and five next morning, when the tide was 
finifhed, once more call anchor about two miles below the 
bluff point, on the Weft fhore, in nineteen fathoms water. 
A good many of the natives came off, when we were in 
this ftation, and attended upon us all the morning. Their 
company was very acceptable; for they brought with them 
a large quantity of very fine falmon, which they exchanged 
for fuch trifles as we had to give them. Moft of it was fplit 
ready for drying ; and feveral hundred weight of it was pro¬ 
cured for the two fhips. 
1778. 
June. 
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