4oo 
1778. 
June. 
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Friday 5. 
A VOYAGE TO 
In the afternoon, the mountains, for the firft time iince 
onr entering the river, were clear of clouds; and we difco- 
vered a volcano in one of thofe on the Weft fide. It is in the 
latitude of 6o° 23'; and is the firft high mountain to the 
North of Mount St. Auguftin. The volcano is on that fide 
of it that is next the river, and not far from the fummit. 
It did not now make any ftriking appearance, emitting only 
a white fmoke, but no fire. 
The wind remaining Southerly, we continued to tide it 
down the river; and, on the 5th, in the morning, coming 
to the place where we had loft our kedge-anchor, made an 
attempt to recover it, but without' fuccefs. Before we left 
this place, fix canoes came off from the Eaft fliore; fome 
conducted by one, and others by two men. They remained 
at a little diftance from the ftfips, viewing them, with a 
kind of filent furprize, at leaf; half an hour, without ex¬ 
changing a fingle word with us, or with one another. At 
length, they took courage, and came along-fide; began to 
barter with our people; and did not leave us till they had 
parted with every thing they brought with them, confifting 
of a few fkins and fome falmon. And here it may not be 
improper to remark, that all the people we had met with in 
this river, feemed, by every ftriking inftance of refemblance, 
to be of the fame nation with thofe who inhabit Prince 
William’s Sound, but differing effentially from thofe of 
Nootka, or King George’s Sound, both in their perfons and 
language. The language of thefe is rather more guttural; 
but, like the others, they fpeak ftrongly and diftindt, in 
words which feem fentences. 
I have before obferved, that they are in poffeffion of iron; 
that is, they have the points of their fpears and knives of 
this metal; and fome of the former are alfo made of copper. 
Their 
