beration and indifference as they had g iv en u p the b o a t ;
and they were obferved defcribing to thofe w ho had not
been on board, how m u ch longer the knives o f the ihip ’s
c rew were than their own. It was at this time, that m y boat
was on the founding d u t y ; w hich they muff have feen ; for
th e y proceeded d ire itly fo r her, after their difappointment
at the Difcovery. I have not the leaft doubt, that their vifit-
in g us fo very early in the morning was w ith a view to
plun der; on a fuppolition, that they ih ou ld find every body
afleep.
May w e not, from thefe circumftances, reafonably infe r,
that thefe people are unacquainted w ith fire-arms. For
certainly, i f they had known any thing o f their e ffeit, they
never would have dared to attempt tak ing a boat from
under a ihip’s guns, in the face o f above a hundred men ;
fo r m o fto f my people were lo okin g at them, at the very in-
ffant they made the attempt. However, after all thefe tricks,
we had the good fortune to leave them as ignorant, in this
refpect, as w e found them. For they neither heard nor faw
a mufquet fired, unlefs at birds.
Juft as w e were go in g to w e igh the anchor, to proceed
farther up the bay, it began to blow and to rain as hard as
before ; fo that we were obliged to bear away the cable
again, and la y faff. Toward the evening, finding that the
gale did not moderate, and that it migh t be fome time before
an opportunity offered to get higher up, I came to a re-
folution to heel the ihip where w e were ; and, with this
view , moored her with a kedge-anchor and hawfer. In
heaving the anchor out o f the boat, one o f the feamen,
either through ignorance or careleffnefs, or both, was carried
over board by the buoy-rope, and followed the anchor
to
to the bottom. It is remarkable, that, in this ve ry critical '77*-
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fituation, he had prefence o f mind to difengage himfe lf, and <__,...
come up to the furface o f the water, where he was taken
up, with one o f his legs fradtured in a dangerous manner.
Early the next morning, we gave the ihip a good heel to Frida>’ ‘S'
port, in order to come at, and flop the leak. On ripping
o ff the Iheathing, it was found to be in the feams, which
were very open, both in and under the w a le ; and, in fe-
veral places, not a bit o f oakum in them. While the carpenters
were m a k in g good thefe defedts, w e filled all our
empty w ater-caiks, at a ftream hard by the ihip. T he wind
was now moderate, but the weather was thick and h a zy ,
w ith rain.
T h e natives, who le ft us the preceding day, when the
bad weather came on, paid us another vifit this morning.
Thofe who came firft, were in fmall canoes ; others, afterward,
arrived in large boats; in one o f which were twenty
women, and one man, befides children.
In the evening o f the 16th, the weather cleared up ; and Saturday 16,
w e then found ourfelves furrounded on every fide by land.
Our ftation was on the Eaft fide o f the Sound, in a place,
w hich in the chart is diftinguifhed by the name o f Snug
Corner Bay. And a very fn u g place it is. I went, accompanied
by fome o f the officers, to v iew the head o f i t ; and
w e found that it was iheltered from all w in d s ; with a depth
o f water from feven to three fathoms over a muddy bottom.
T h e land, near the ihore, is lo w ; part clear, and part wooded.
T h e clear ground was covered, two or three feet thick,
w ith fn ow ; but very little la y in the woods. T he ve ry
fummits o f the neighbouring hills were covered with
Vpr. II. 3 A wood ;