— .© Q S and. on his- departure -repeated ;th4e feme, requeft» 4 :0n
*ny objecting )to it he ifehmed: muchtfufpriféd;,',' This
^apbej. man was paftidulaj-j; ihai^hty- in his Imanaei?,'.- and
^rented ns ;hy his behaviour jjsdbhrthe moft fdvereign
eotftempt. After flaying, éfeaul half an
nW-a^iriJea^ing to o ;,hoatewith us asa%ies,üas>jwè jftip-j
pofed, upon our condo<3ftj They anchored doft^ to
iifi and two .others Wgrofent away irith^w^ages.^^-
:. Inffead . bfftgotHg toftthe jk|iHage, ; we, oMeited'/the
graat inan remained with his boat,a t the pointof thé
ifland. The weather being much clearer in. the afternoon,
at 3 h. P/ M. weftgotftunder.. way* and -flood
between the iflands to the. w.eft ward* haying a fin»
breeze from the North.
The inftant we made fe.il, the bodtfroih the .ifland
followed »s, hooting and hollowing andfouriding their
trumpets-for us to flop; we paid no attentionlO tfiem,
and finding they could not come up, they rdanded?
again at.'the other extreme of the ifland. tt<
What this man's intentions were I cannot determine,
but to me I muft own they appeared fufpicious j and
I did not think it neceflary to wait the refultrof -them
a t the expence of the clear weather: as we: underftood
them
th em H 'sth e5 * f e h l l e d ^ - t h f e p a r t C h o f e h - g ö i ' At 4 h . w é - C H A P .
paffedfeh obehing-leading ' tb' fea 'between dome rocks v—-<
\ SBH| 8bHHB| I i ' I ' . Y- '. | qpj* and iflands laying off the; weft1 end. of an - high ifland; 0£k>ber.
and fit filnfét we hid run n'ëaf* 12«milfts in- a W. S. W.
diré'ctranv The^ëndtC) ' the1 SÉsR ;Nv E. appeared high
éhu much broken, and connected By* fehgeiwhill§-öt
tlfeft baOkft ^At'f-#h?;% e ^ e l i l : oppbfitd to ■ aho'thét1
dperidög ■ leading ' tb fe a ,a n d w4 capte'- tb in- fevéu'
fathoriis, - muddy- bottom. -The* ifla-nd>OW which ww
öbfervdd-'the 'laiitudc'bor^N. ^Ö*?“' E-r,‘- and a' dëëp'
éhtrafiëe in the high - land, dëading^ptbbfibiy* tó a!
riVèr,? NftiNft Si Our ^founding#* ih thé ’ afterrioönvaried
litOnV 1Y to 7 fe&homi^ to our: diflanCe
from ft the«land j and the pafi&geftwas Oxtedfive an d >
flee o f all «danger from latitude Tfland to oürprOfehf
fituation. The flooditide^caifie5 4fi'om ithe;& W., and
it run much flronger than the obfl',; the rife and falb
was about nine^fe^h^^hf moriiing was moderate and
hazyrandbve could fee. about;three on; four; leagues;
t f ig ; wind Lwas a > g e n t l ë brefezd f r o m w t h p . Nofth;. with
whiehuwe got under! way* and; fiééred to the S.-S.- Wft,
h a v i ^ i j i f l a n d s . a n d Y o c k s o n p a c h ï f i r i è . v .O ï r f c h ' e i c b t r *
t i n e n t a l f id e - ,w e f e w f e d e r a l v i l l a g e s ; a l a r g e o r i e l b o te .--
Wefl of us at anchor. At 21 h. 3,0 m. we came abreaft
of apoint s:Of; lahdi -'.frgsgqb Wtemcefttbd- coaft teÉös^ to
thèrwèiMrjp;cfoi ^u.tnfijntyfM.-ïhaail;ifl^ids-!ïpy5'*ift>hho.
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