THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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lifh failor, that they were as profufe in making their bar- 1778. 
gains, as if we had now arrived at a port in Virginia; by , ° 6tober ‘ 
which means, in lefs then eight and forty hours, the value 
of this article of barter was lowered above a thoufand 
per cent. 
At one o’clock in the afternoon of the 3d, we anchored Saturdays* 
in Samganoodha Harbour; and the next morning the car¬ 
penters of both fhips were fet to work to rip off the bieath- 
ing of and under the wale, on the ftarboard fide abaft. 
Many of the feams were found quite open ; fo that it was 
no wonder that fo much water had found its way into the 
ffiip. While we lay here, we cleared the fibi and fpirit 
rooms, and the after-hold; difpofing things in fuch a man¬ 
ner, that in cafe we fhould happen to have any more leaks 
of the fame nature, the water might find its way to the 
pumps. And befides this work, and completing our water, 
we cleared the fore-hold to the very bottom, and took in a 
quantity of ballad:. 
The vegetables which we had met with, when we were 
here before, were now moftly in a date of decay; fo that 
we were hut little benefited by the great quantities of ber¬ 
ries every where found abiore. In order to avail ourfelves 
as much as podible of this ufeful refrebiment, one third 
of the people, by turns, had leave to go and pick them. 
Confiderable quantities of them were alfo procured from 
the natives. If there were any feeds of the fcurvy, in 
either blip, thefe berries, and the ufe of fpruce beer, 
which they had to drink every other day, effectually eradi¬ 
cated them. 
We alfo got plenty of fibi; at firft, moftly falmon, both 
frefh and dried, which the natives brought us. Some of 
the frebi falmon was in high perfection ; but there was one 
fort. 
