S«PP
1791. violent a dorm, as to oblige us to lower the top-malls clofe down to the
■ ^ 1 cap, and to get our yards and top-gallant malls fore and aft on the deck.
From five o’clock until eight, it blew a perfect hurricane, attended with
torrents of rain. We were happily in a very fnug, fecure little harbour,
yet the fea beat with fuch unremitted violence againll the rocks immediately
aflern o f us, that had either the anchor, or cable given way, little
elfe but inevitable deftruftion mull have followed. Our anxiety was
infinitely increafed, by our folicitude for the welfare o f the Chatham;
but as the llormwith us at N.w. by w . was direftly from off the highland
under which lhe rode, we comforted ourfelves with the hope Ihe might
not experience its fury to the degree it affe&ed us. About nine a moll tremendous
gull caufed the Ihip to roll exceffively; this was immediately
followed by a flalh of lightning, and a heavy cralh of thunder which
broke up the llorm ; and in the fpace of half an hour, the weather might
be confidered, comparatively fpeaking, as fair and pleafant. Mr.
Broughton immediately repaired to the Chatham, and had the inexpref-
fible pleafure o f finding, that lhe had rode out the gale in a manner far beyond
all expe&ation. A t her llation the llorm had blown from the n .n . e .
•dire£lly down the arm in which lhe was at anchor; the fea broke intirely
•over her, though it had not a fetch of three miles, and in a channel not
three quarters of a mile wide; yet with her yards and topmafts. clofe low-
c -ered and two anchors down, lhe rode out this heavy llorm in perfeft fe-
curity. Mr. Broughton loll no time in getting under weigh, and worked
into Facile Harbour ; to which place, notwithftanding our having been
obliged to feek fhelter here, it was my intention to have gone ; but as we
were now completely difmantled, and finding that from thefe Ihores all our
-wants could conveniently be fupplied, I determined to remain quiet, and
to fet about the feveral repairs we required with all polfible difpatch.
Parties were immediately employed on the different fervices of cutting
wood for fuel, timber for fpars, and planks; brewing fpruce beer; repairing
the .fails and rigging, calks, &c. &c. -which necelfary and
elfential duties engaged every perfon on board. A fmall boat with
four men, daiLy employed in filhing, never returned without an abundance
of excellent filh for prefent ufe, and a fupply for every one who
chofe
chole to fait them for future occafions. The n.w . gale did not intirely >79>-
abandon us, it again blew with confiderable violence on funday, after 1 — —
which it moderated, and the weather became fettled, ferene and pleafant, Sunlky 6‘
particularly when the wind, which was generally the cafe, had its direction
from the fouth or wellern quarters ; by which means our feveral
duties were executed pleafantly, and with great eafe.
By the 13th, thefe necelfary operations were in fuch a Hate of for- Sunday 13.
wardnefs, as to allow a large party o f officers and gentlemen in two
boats, accompanied by Mr. Broughton in the Chatharri’s cutter, to attend
me on an excurfion over this fpacious bay, with the hope o f becoming
acquainted with feme of the inhabitants ; and,, if circumltances
permitted, to explore the upper part of the northern arm, which by
Captain Cook was called, “ No bo d y know s w h a t ,” and the only
part he did not thoroughly examine.
We found the arm in which Captain Cook places Apparent Illand, to Monday 14.
be divided into'two branches, leaving that land a peninfula joined to the
main land, by a very high, though narrow ridge of mountains. The perpendicular
height, and very extraordinary lhape, of the rocky part fronting
the arm, render it a moll lingular and majellic promontory. Mr.
Broughton undertook the right hand; or fouthern branch, which he
found winding, firll in a direction nearly n.e . by e. about 3A miles; then -
e .s.e. about half a league; and there, in a northern direction, terminating
in a fmall cove. The northern arm we found to run nearly
ftraight about n.e . for 5 miles, then turning round to the northward,
for half a league further, and ending in a fmall cove with very lhallow
water, in a north wellern direftion. The heads of thefe arms, in conformity
with Captain Cook’s name of their entrance, I have called S o m e
bo d y knows w h a t . We were exceedingly fortunate in having moll
delightful weather for thefe examinations, and returned on board on
tuelday afternoon ; though not without feme difappointment that, after Tuefday 15.
three days excurfion, and landing in many places, particularly in Caf-
cade and Indian Coves, which were formerly the refort of the natives,
we no where found any traces of them, or any circumllance that in the
leaft indicated the country being at prefent inhabited ; if one or two miferable