THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
483 
At day-break, on the x6th, nine men, each in his canoe, 
paid us a vifit. They approached the fhip with fome cau¬ 
tion ; and evidently came with no other view than to gra¬ 
tify their curiolity. They drew up abreaft of each other, 
under our ftern, and gave us a fong; while one of their 
number beat upon a kind of drum, and another made a 
thoufand antic motions with his hands and body. There 
was, however, nothing favage, either in the fong, or in 
the geftures that accompanied it. None of us could per¬ 
ceive any difference between thefe people, either as to their 
fize or features, and thofe whom we had met with on 
every other part of the coaft, King George’s Sound except¬ 
ed. Their clothing, which conlifted principally of deer- 
fkins, was made after the fame falhion; and they obferved 
the cuftom of boring their under-lips, and fixing ornaments 
to them. 
The dwellings of thefe people were feated clofe to the 
beach. They confift fimply of a hoping roof, without any 
fide-walls, compofed of logs, and covered with grafs and 
earth. The floor is alfo laid with logs ; the entrance is at 
one end ; the fire-place juft within it; and a fmall hole is 
made near the door to let out the fmoke. 
After breakfaft, a party of men were fent to the penin- 
fula for brooms and fpruce. At the fame time, half the re¬ 
mainder of the people in each fhip had leave to go and 
pick berries. Thefe returned on board at noon, when the 
other half went on the fame errand. The berries to be got 
here were wild currant-berries, hurtle-berries, partridge- 
berries, and heath-berries. I alfo went alhore myfelf, and 
walked over part of the peninfula. In feveral places there 
was very good grafs; and I hardly faw a fpot, on which 
fome vegetable was not growing. The low land which 
3 Q 2 connedts 
1778. 
September. 
Wednef. 16. 
