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TRANSACTION'S AT TWO Sl'AXISH Sk ITLKM EXTS IN NeW Albion; kxa.minatiom of Columbia rivkr; oc- currences ON BOARD THE D.'EUALUS; SECONd' VISIT TO THE Sandwich Islands.

Vi/iicd by ^ prtejl and a Spamjli fcr^eant-Thc commandant vijils thelhib-. Accountoftlicnujionsof St. Francifco and St. Clara— Arrival of the Chatham-Departure f>ovi St. Francifco-Meet the D.rdalus at Mon^ tcrrey. 1 7i

cliCcovcml our anchorage to be in a nioft ex- ■itiX:^,. eel,ent (mall bay, within three fourths of a mile of the nearefl niore bearinir |,y compafs fouth; one point of the bay bearing x. -g ^v the' other s. 7;j I... the former at the rhflance of o^, the latter abom o .Titles the herds of eattle and fhn-ks of fheep grazing on the surrounding h.Ils were a fight we had long been flrangers to, and brought to our nunds many plealing refleaion^. Thefb indieated that the residence of tlu;ir proprutors eould not be far remote, though we could perceive tie.ther habuattons nor inhabitants. On hoifting the colours at fun-rife