THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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ornamented with two or three forts of glafs beads. His own j 77 s. 
clothes being wet, I gave him others, in which he dreifed 
himlelf, with- as much eafe as I could have done. From 
his behaviour, and that of fome others, we were convinced 
that thefe people were no fdrangers to Europeans, and to 
fome of their culdoms. But there was fomething in our 
fhips that greatly excited their curiolity ; for fuch as could 
not come off in canoes, alfembled on the neighbouring hills 
to look at them. 
At low water, having weighed and towed the Blip into 
the harbour, we anchored there in nine fathoms water, over 
a bottom of fand and mud. The Difcovery got in foon after. 
A launch was now fent for water; and a boat to draw the 
feme; but we caught only four trout, and a few other fmall 
ffih. 
Soon after we anchored, a native of the iftand brought 
on board fuch another note as had been given to Captain 
Clerke. He prefented it to me; but it was written in the 
Ruffian language, which, as already obferved, none of us 
could read. As it could be of no ufe to me, and might be 
of confequence to others, I returned it to the bearer,* and 
difmiBed him with a few prefents * for which he expreffed 
his thanks, by making feveral low bows as he retired. 
In walking, next day, along the ffiore, I met with a Mondays^ 
group of natives of both fexes, feated on the grafs, at a 
repaid, conffiting of raw ftffi, which they feemed to eat 
with as much relifh as we ffiould a turbot, ferved up with 
the richeld fauce. By the evening, we had completed our 
water, and made fuch obfervations as the time and weather 
would permit. I have taken notice of the rapidity of the 
tide without the harbour; but it was inconliderable within.. 
It was low water at noon and high water at half paid fix 
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