diate and intemperate ufe he made of it, foori proved it to be a fortunate
circumilance that his fituation precluded him the indulgence of fuch
luxuries. The inordinate delire in the lower daffies ;of thefe people for
fpirituous liquors is a notorious fa£t, and had been often exhibited in
our (hort intercourfe with thofe whom we had.met with in this country;
but our gendemen could not avoid being greatly hurt that a,foreigner,
capable of conducing bimfelf in a manner that befpoke him worthy of a
fuperior ftation, fhould have fo little efteem for himfelf, as to fall into
the general error; efpecially as he was a man advanced in years, and
whole previous deportment had yeryjultly intitled him to their refpeft:
he became in an inftant an object of their pity, and they were under the
neceffity of taking their leave, whilft he was fo intoxicated as to be nearly
in a ftate of infenfibility.
The wind, as had been ex petted, fubfided about eight in the evening,
and the night was employed in rowing acrofs the found; in the morning
the calm was fucceeded by a northerly wind with pleafant weather, which
brought them back to the veffels, as has been already Rated.
A party o f about twenty Ruffians vifrted the (hips on funday afternoon
from port Etches, in one of their large Ikin canoes; conducted by the
fame perfon who had been the leader of the party that had vifited .us
amongft the ice, in the upper part of Cook’s inlet. I underllood from
him, that on his quitting the (hip they had proceeded up Turnagain arm,
and from thence had crolfed the ilthmus by Iaijd and gone to port Etches,
where he had remained ever fince. He alfo gave me to ; underhand,
that Mr. Colomenee would be with us in the morning, which took place
agreeably £o his information; and with him came Mr. Ballufian, who
brought the chart he had gone in quell of, and very politely allowed me
to copy it.
By the fuperfcription of this chart, it appeared to have been executed
in the years 1789 and 1790, but we were unable to underltand any
thing further of what was contained in its title, which wPrather diffufe,
and appeared to be as unintelligible to the Ruffians as to ourfelves; for
they either, could not, or would not read it over, nor .did they, inform ns
under what authority the chart had been conltrufted. The. extent whjch
it comprehended,was, .on the Afiatic Ihore, including the fea of Ochotfk,
from 50 to 63 degrees of north latitude ; the American coall and illands
eallward on the north pacific to Crofs found, and northward to Ihoal
Nefs. On comparing this .chart with fuch parts of the American coall
as had.been furyeyed by Captain Cook, or, feen by ourfelves, though it.
had not any great apparent pretenfions to accuracy, .yet it was fatisfac-
tory in certain particulars, with refpefl to which we had entertained
fome doubts ; efpecially .with regard' to the coall lying between cape
Trinity and point Banks, which was reprefented in this .chart as an ex-
tenfive group of illands under the denomination, of Kodiak. The lar.
gelt of thefe extends from cape Trinity to cape Greville, where a fepal
ration takes place between it and the land to the weltward of St. Her-
mogenes ifland, which land the Ruffians call Fogniak; and forms with
the land to the fouthward what Captain Cook called Whitfuntide bay,
but which is a palfage leading wellward into thofe llraits that feparate
the Kodiak from the continent, to the fouth-weftward of cape Douglas.
Thefe llraits are delineated as being in general upwards of 10 leagues
wide, free from interruption ; the land about cape Trinity forming their
fouth-well point of entrance. The parts thus defcribed, that had not
been feen by us, I have incorporated into our charts, but I cannot take
upon me to be anfwerable in any refpeft for their accuracy. This fur-
vey in many particulars varies very materially from that publifhed by
Mr. Meares. -
The inclemency of the weather having prevented Mr. Johnllone from
examining the exterior,, coall, and having greatly delayed our bufmefs,
efpecially in‘the carpenters’ department, Mr. Puget received my orders
to,proceed with the Chatham,' and to continue the furvey of the continental
Ihore to port Mulgrave, where I direfled him to remain until the
til of ju ly ; but in the event of my not having, arrived there before that
time, he was. then to proceed to Crofs found, with further ■ inllruflions
for his government. On this-.fervice the Chatham departed die next
morning, as did our Ruffian friends,: to whom I prefented an affortment
of fuch articles as in their eftimation was mod valuable and ufeful, con-
lilting of culinary utenfils, iron, Heel, copper,' axes, &c. with fome
lal ted
Wednef, it ; .