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up about ten miles, and faw nearly the end of this arm,
•which like the other, contains good harbours and plenty
of frefh water, wood, filh, and wild fowl. On his return
his people had the wind and heavy rains to firuggle with,
and all returned on board thoroughly wet, at nine m the
Sunday 9. evening. The next morning the Iky being clear, but the
wind unfavourable for going out to fea, we accompanied
captain Cook once more on a Ihootirig party up the new
arm, where we fpentthe whole day, and met with tolerable
good fport; but another party, who had taken a different
route, came back almoft empty-handed.
The wind continuing wefterly and blowing very hard,,
the captain did not think it advifeable to put to fea ; but
it falling moderate in the afternoon, he made an excurfion
to an ifland in the entrance, on which were abundance of
feals. He and his party killed ten of them, of which they
took five on board, leaving the reft behind them.
The next morning it was pretty clear, the air very cold
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and {harp, and all the hills covered with fnow almoft half
way down to the water, fo that the winter was now fairly
fet in. A boat was fent to fetch off the feals killed laft
night, which had been left behind; and in the mean time
we weighed and failed from Dulky Bay, getting clear of the
land at noon.
The flay which we had made here of fix weeks, and m” V.
four days, together with the abundance of frelh provifions
which we enjoyed, and the conftant exerdfe we ufed, had
contributed to recover all thofe who had been ill of the
fcurvy at our arrival, and given new ftrength to the reft.
However it is much to be doubted, whether we ftiould have
preferved our health fo well as we did, without the ufe of
the fermented liquor or fpruce-beer which we brewed. The
climate of Dulky Bay, is I mull own, its greateft inconvenience,
and can never be fuppofed a healthy one. During
the whole of our ftay, we had only one week of continued
fair weather, all the reft of the time the rain predominated.
But perhaps the climate was lefs noxious to Englilhmen
than to any other nation, becaufe it is analagous to their
own. Another inconvenience in Dulky Bay is the want
of celery, feurvy-grafs, and other antifcorbutics, which
may be found in great plenty at Queen Charlotte s found,
and many parts in New Zeeland. The intricate forefts
which clothe the ground, the prodigious fteepnefs of the
hills, which on that account are almoft incapable of cultivation,
and the virulent bite of fand-flies,- which caufes
ulcers like the fmall-pox, are certainly difagreeable cir-
cumftances ; but of fmall confequence to thofe who only
put in here for refrelhment, when compared to the former.
With all its defects, Dulky Bay is one of the fineft places
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