book We made an excurfion to Ship Covfe where Cap-
'—-i-—' tain Cook remained on his firft entering the Sound
Mayrft. during the month of April; rve feemed to have
experienced fimilar or rather worfe weather at the
fame time of the year. We could difdover no veftiges
to profa that any fhip had ever been there fihce.
During a fueeeffion of uncertain weather for fame
time, at another of favourable days till the 2 lft inft.,
we reladed our fhip and compleated our watering:
when we left Nootka where we had an opportunity of
examining the ftate of the fhip, repairing the -leak,
and making her in every refpe£t better fitted for the
voyage.
The foil of Nootka is generally of. a thin com
fiftence,chiefly compofedof a ftraturn of coarfe gravel,
and over that another of decayed vegetables. The
country is covered with large trees, with a con-
fiderable quantity of brufh-wood growing below,
producing wild rafberries, &c. Of quadrupeds there
are the fea and land otters, grey foxes* bears, deer, and
the lynx, together with raccoons, fquirrels, &c.: the
wild fowl abound in vaft quantities* The corvus
iriftatus, which I believe is only found.in North
America, is alfo to be met with here*' Whales are
frequentfrequently
feen on the coaft, and of; common fifh' CHAP. I I i t
there are falrnan, cod, flounders, Sac.; On fifh the —
natives-chiefly exift, and on, vegetables. -
• W© obfervedinlat. '49° 19' ;N„. Faint Breakers bore . 2lft-
Ni 38° E ; three -or four miles. The* point of Nootka
CJoVe^togdther with a wooded; one'" to the SNi Wi o f-
. Point "-Breakers ;bore W, nfi v©> • .leagues. This
eftimation will place Point Breakers in lat. 49* 21'-33"
f t mean' of two fextants.' The aftronomer made .the
lat. obfeTvatory 4§p'>39'S9"-7 N .; long, from
*p0 diftances ©n each fide-, of the moon, 233L25' 11"
At anchor in ’the bay of Nunez -Ghana; inlet of 23A.
Juan de Fueai : The fhip was furrouhded with numerous
canoes laden withihalibut^and cod, which abound
On a bank that bears*/about W. by N. three .or four
leagues from Tatouche Ifland. By having lefs fwell
at that time, X rather fuppofe we had pafled over
the fouthern part o fit,a s feveral canoes.ftill reTnained
fifoing to the North. We run in three miles, hoifted
the boat out, and hauled our wind-tt© the fouthward,
but the flood-tide felting - in very fttong, caufed over-
falls through the paflhge. The boat got 13 fathoma
within*