as at the laft village; and to inçreafe his confequence, he,produced many
European articles, and amongft them were at'leaft forty pounds,'weight
of oki eoppeF itilk. We made our ftay as-Ihort a? poffible, and. our haft
embarked,with.;as, :..In a ^ c y ^prt,4i^e^|jW^re carried by the rapidity
of the current ,to another .houfe of very large dimensions, which was
partitioned into different apartments, and wh»fe doors were.on the! fide,
•yfte inhabitants Veceived; us-’ with great' 'kmdheis>(! Bût mftead of ,'fifti,
liiey piacedia ïong^lean,and weft made trough beforehs'tuiroÇti&fîes.
In'adidttion to thofe which'’ we had already feen, there were lame
l)\ack, that" were larger ^han" the"iiucBe bérfy,“ arid' of 'a rkhervfla^purf;
and'otlmrs wîiièe» whièh refemblâi the'/blackberry,; iii'Cvely tRihgtbut
"colour“ Here weTaw a woman wïlît two .pieces*of doppfer in-Heç,iirider
lip, as clefcribed by Captain Cook. I Continued my ufaal pfa$fce>of
in retrirn' for tKetr-Friendly |hpeption and
entertainment.
The navigation o f the river hW b e c aW mbre difficult,TromFlï£ numerous
channels into which it was divided, without agy/|§ri£We diminution
in the velocity of its~üüFfént?"‘ Wfe foon, reached - another Hopfe
of .the common fize, where we were, well rpceiygd ; -but whether our
guidés h^d ’informed them j that wer.werev not: in . wantMof anyrthih^/dr
that ufey weîeideÉcient in inclination, ? b f peihap&ilhê,inekns; pi being
?h<Hpitâbfe?tb tt«^.^réy.'didüprieffiÉ:
ftate preparation'. ' Some-of the women were employed imbéating
and preparing the inner rind o f the cedar hark^'-to evihich they.- gave
•the appearance of flax. Others were fpihnihgnwith a diftaffandifpindlh.
One o f them was weaving^folk ofit, inteRr&sedfwitlf Iripesi of thëfea^
otter
otter&ih^on aFrame ofkdequamlebnlrhance! that>was«pfcefidagaihftthe
fide of therhodfoV^Tlfemen 'were- filhirig. onctiheriver withdcagrriets-ibes
M.t-s 'are^fot3eedhj®,p»'l,es to.the' bottotni'the
t urteri#’ dr^ingdlEenS i t ; by which means the lalmon coming up
i r i di ^gl f i i i f i ek- being taken by the
^ th eh a g ’onfl^eVe of thejnet; - There are*nb-weirs
iii5ftli& p&r# bF’thb filht^MFUppOfey from the numerous channels into
■ which it is divided'.v The machine$/‘ thef&fbre/*a'?e->placed? along the
banks, and Consequently thefe people ate not fo welMupplied with fifti
as the;-viltegM“Whijrf‘; has been alreadyIdeferifeed, -nolM^ they appear
to poffefs the fame induftry. The inhabitants of itesfaft'houfeikccomfe
p&riied t«s in aP>'large^'canoe.*' ■- 'They' -T^tbidm^rt-ded ms I to I leave loir.®
h§fe,'&s-therttkv vMlagb Was but.'at rhMfrialfc’difts(ncfr-’ from us/and the
wktehJmorc rapidJthan tbat'' which wb-hadl paffed.$ Tfaey?%t formed us
alfoy thatiwe t^erevapproaching abeafeade. > si? d&Qd&Vhem-tdr-ffoofr'it,
and proceeded? niyfelf to>thejfoot? thereof;, where a&'r4imharked,xand wet
went oh with great velocity/ till we- came to a- faff; Wherawe deft'1 one
canoe, and carried our luggage along aroad'tnrbegff a wo?b;d, for fome
hUn«teed*^^ds/|When'we.came to* a ■ village/ confifting of fix Weryfafge
hbhfeapwfi'flddiOn iphllifade®,L!riftngitwenty'dhveFe8tv-fforattheig,rQdhdi
Which cBffefpddn no>oneecireumft-anoe from th©fHjayeady'id^fciibfed;!but
the-heightenfi 'theiieekvation; ( ■ They conta-ined Phlyl^ttEirirfeh and. fcheic
familiesi-raTher reft! of-the.inhabitants were* -with m and in the-fmaft
houfeswhichiwe paffed-higher up thexiver.* . Thofe people do not ieem
to enjoy? the aburid&tkefpflhhein stei^ibw^. la^thel men whojretqraetl
, > * Mr. 1 ( i l , i thefe^houfes |Ee:.iteft |day q f i i e j>r££edin8| iw i^ , ]
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