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May.
rence of the cove, whidi is a1)out two miles: and, if it were not clofcd,
to purfue its examination. Our former conjedurcs being ccpfinned,
on his return we prepared to depart; and, as we were putting ofi from
the fhorc, a cloak of inferior fea otter Ikins was brought down, which I
purchafed for a fmall piece of copper. Upon this they made figns, that
if we would remain, more, and of a fuperior quality, fliould be pro-
duced ; but as this was not our objed, and as we had finilhed our pro-
pofed talk fooner than was expefted this morning, to the no fmall fatis-
faftion of our whole party we diretled our courfe back towards port
Difcovery, from which we were now about 70 miles diftant.
A frefli northwardly wind, and the approach of night, obliged us to
take up our abode about two miles from the Indians, fome of whom
had followed us along the beach until we landed, when they polled
themfelves at the diftance of about half a mile, to obferve our different
employments ; at dark they all retired, and we neither heard nor faw
any thing more of them. The rife and fall of the tide, although the
current conflantly ran down without any great degree of rapidity, ap-
peared to have been nearly ten feet, and it was high water 3 50' after
the moon pafTed the meridian.
Early on funday morning we again embarked ; direfling our route Sunday 13.
down the inlet, which, after the Right Honorable Lord Hood, I called
Hood's Canal ; but our progrels homeward was fo very flow, that
it was monday afternoon before we reached Foulweather bluff. This Mondiyii.
promontory is not ill named, for we had fcarcely landed when a heavy
rain commenced, which continuing the refl of the day, obliged us to re-
main ftationary. This detention I endeavoured to reconcile with the
hope, that the next morning would permit fome examination, or at
leafl afford us a view of the great eaflern arm, before we returned to
the fhips ; but in this I was difappointed. After waiting until ten o'clock
in the forenoon of tuefday without the leafl profpeft of an alteration for
the better, we again fat out with a frefh breeze at s.s.e., attended
with heavy fqualls and torrents of rain ; and about four in the af-
ternoon arrived on board, much to the fatisfaftion I believe of all
parties, as great anxiety had been entertained for our fafety, in con-
I i 2 fequence
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