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276 II av 10. would be very defirable; for which purpofe I determined to remain a day longir. The magazine alfo, being yet damp, would be benefitted by fur- ther airing with fires. The powder which had been all aired, and found in better condition than was expetled, remained on Chore until the next morning, when the weather being rainy and unpleafant, without the lead profpcft of any alteration, the obfervatory with every tiling elfe was taken tVom the (hore ; and in the afternoon we weighed and towed out of the cove, which I diltinguinied by the name of Rkstoration Cove, having there palled and celebrated the annivcrfary of that happy event.

During my abfence fome excellent fpruce was brewed from the pine trees found here, and a fufficient fupply of fifli for the ufe of all hands was every day procured. The gentlemen on board did not long remain without being vifited by the natives, who feemed to be of three different tribes, each having diftinft chiefs, named Keyut, Comockjhulah, and WhacoJJi ; they feemed all on very friendly and amicable terms with each other, and conduced thcmfelves with the greateft good order on board. Their language it feems much refembled that of the people on Queen Charlotte's iflands, through which fome on board were able to make thcm- felves underftood. From Whacojh they had learned, that he had fallen in with our boats at fomediftance; this had been really the cafe, as he was one of thofe who had vifited me from the large village on the detached rock. They brought for barter the fkinsofthe fea otter and other ani- mals, fome of which were purchafed with copper and iron.

This uninterefling region afforded nothing further worthy of notice, excepting the foundings, the dimenfions of the cove, and the very few aftronomical and nautical obfervations, that, under the unfavorable circumflances of the weather, could be procured.

The breadth of the cove at the entrance, in a north and fouth dircftion, is about a mile and a quarter, and its depth, from the center of the entrance in a north-eaft direfiion, is three quarters of a mile. The found- ings, though deep are regular, from 60 fathoms at the entrance, to 5 and 10 fathoms clofe to the fhore. The land on the oppofite fide of the arm is about two miles r.nd a half diflant. The