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177 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO N. W. AMERICA. 177 & caution than is required among the friendly Cheenooks, from whom we suffered no trouble, except from their beg- ging propensities. We, however, can have no possible reason for apprehending any danger, our crew is well armed & a party of thirteen natives of Owyhee will make us perfectly secure. In the morning we landed at the Cheenook village to purchase salmon; before our departure I seized the opportunity of herborising & found some in- teresting plants as a fine sp. of Triticum & a sp. of Spirsea, 1 sp. of Trifolium. In the afternoon some of our Indian friends came on board to wish a good voyage. Among these were Kasoka & Chicuana, who had been assiduous in bring us provisions. June. On the first of June- we crossed for the second time the bar of the Columbia & stood to the north. As the wind proved constantly unfavourable we were obliged to beat up to Queen Charlotte's Island. On the 8th of June we saw the mountains of Nootka about 10 leagues distant. Continuing our voyage we saw many albatrosses, which seam to emigrate to more northern latitudes during the summer months. The sea everywhere abounds in the beautifull Velella which seams to be dispersed all over the N. Pacific, & probably forms the chief support of Diome- dea & other sea fowl which live in these latitudes. 20th. A small species of Alca [?] fell on deck. It ap- peared to be the Alca alle of Linnaeus, Uria alle, Brisson. These birds were by no means scarce about the vessel. It had the double larynx in common with its congeners. Stomach small & muscular, with many longitudinal rugae on its internal surface. The intestines had many convo- lutions. Liver consisted of two nearly equal lobes. 23d. We are now in the channel between Queen Char- lotte's Island & Pitts Archipelago, & have great quantities of Fuci afloating past us. We succeeded in obtaining a few specimens which [I] found contained several smaller