the Americans here drefs fo r food, in the fame manner a#
the natives o f Kamtfohatka*.
W e faw, fly in g about the wood, a c r ow ; two or three o f
the White-headed eagles mentioned at N o o tk a ; and another
fort fu ll as large, which appeared alfo o f the fame colour,
or blacker, and had only a w hite bread. In the pafiage
from the ihip to the fhore, we faw a great many fowls fitting
upon the Water, Or fly in g about in flocks or pairs ; the
ch ie f o f which were a few quebrantahuefles; d iv e r s ; ducks,
or large peterels ; gu lls ; fh a g s ; and burres. T h e divers
were o f two forts •, one very large, o f a bla ck colour, with
a white breaft and be lly j the other fmaller, and w ith a
longer and more pointed bill, w h ich feemed to be the common
guillemot. T h e ducks were alfo o f two forts * one
brownifh, w ith a bla ck or deep blue head and neck, and is
perhaps the ftone d u ck deferibed by Steller. T he others fly
in larger flocks, but are fmaller than thefe, and are o f a
dirty b la ck colour. T h e gu lls Were o f the common fort,
and thofe w hich fly in flocks. T h e fhags were large and
b lack, w ith a white fpot behind the w in g s as they f lew ; but
probably only the la rge r water cormorant. There was
alfo a Angle bird feen fly in g about, to appearance o f the
g u ll kind, o f a fnowy white colour, w ith bla ck along part
o f the upper fide o f its wing s. I owe all thefe remarks to
Mr. Anderfon. At the place where we landed, a' fox came
from the verge o f the wood, and eyed us with ve ry little
emotion, w a lk in g leifurely without any figns o f fear. He
w as o f a reddifh-yellow colour, like fome o f the ikins we
bought at Nootka, but not o f a large fize. We alfo faw two
or three little feals o ff fh o r e ; but no other animals or
* See Muller, p. 256.
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