jw - having been finally accomplished by the joining of the boats, it pro-
—Y— J ved to be a very fafe and more capacious harbour than port Difco-
v e r y ; and rendered more pleafant by the high land being at a greater
diftance from the water-fide. Its foundings alfo give it a further advantage,
being very regular from- fide to fide, from 10 to 20 fathoms
depth o f water, good holding ground : but, with refpeft to frelh water,
fo far as we could determine by our tranfitory vifit, it was very deficient,
as has been already obferved. T o this port I gave the name o f P o r t
T o w n s h e n d , in honor o f the noble Marquis of that name.
Mr. Johnftone, who had a much better opportunity than I had o f feeing
the above lake or inlet, reprefented it as appearing very extenfiye and divided
into two or three branches ; but he had not been able to determine
its communication either with the ocean or the main inlet, although hé
had great reafon to believe it did communicate by the way o f the bluff
point already mentioned; which about noon was confirmed. In our way
thither, we found on one o f the low points projecting from the eaftern
lhore, two upright poles fet in the ground, about fifteen feet high, and
rudely carved. On the top of each was ftuck a human head, recently
placed there. The hair and flefh were nearly perfect; and thé heads
appeared to carry the evidence o f fury or revenge, as, in driving thé
flakes through the throat to the cranium, the fagittal, with part o f the
fcalp, was borne on their points fome inches above the reft o f the fkull.
Between the flakes a fire had been made, and near it forne calcined bones
were obferved, but none of thefe appearances enabled Us to fatisfy our-
felves, concerning the manner in which the bodies had been difpofed of:
The fituation o f this point is a little to the fouthward o f the narrow
paflage Mr. Johnftone had gone through; the north extremity
o f which is formed by a very long fandy fpit, where feventeen of the
long fupported poles were feen like thofe before defcribed on New
Dungenefs. Thefe poles had frequently prefented themfelves, though
in lefs numbers than on the prefent occafion; but though thefe afforded
us an opportunity of examining them, they did not contribute
the . leaft inftru&ion concerning the purpofe for which they were
intended. . They were uniformly placed in the center o f the low
fandy fpit, at the diftance of about eighty yards from each Other;
and