1787. niation of having any thing to fell ; they then, by (ignificant Ihrugs
u— _j ai?tl geftures, hint at having brought fomething valuable to difpofe
of, and wifh to fee what will be given in exchange, even before
fhçir commodity is expofed to view, for they are particularly careful
in concealing every thing they bring to fell. Should this manoeuvre
not fucceed, after much deliberation, their cargo is produced,
and generally conflits of a few trifling pieces of old fea otter
ikins, and even then, a confiderable time is'tak'en up before the
bargain' is concluded; fo that a whole day would frequently be
fpent in picking up a few trifles. Such, however, was ourprefent
fituation, in regard to trade, that we patiently fubmitted to the
tantalizing method of thefe people, in hopes that fomething better
might poflibly be brought u s ; but finding they were ftripped al-
moft naked, and not the molt diftant probability of any better fuc-
ceis. Captain Dixon determined to leave this place the firlt opportunity.
I (hall now endeavour to give thee fome account of this place,
and its inhabitants. As there is good reafon to (uppofe that we
were the firft difeoverers of this harbour, Captain Dixon named it
Tort Mulgrave, in honour of the Right Honourable Lord Mul-
grave.. Our anchoring place is iituated in 5 9 deg; 32 min. North
latitude,-and 140 deg. Weft longitude. How extenfive the found
is, I cannot fay ; it contains a number of Tmall low iflands, but at
intervals, when thé fog cleared up, ,we could difeern high mountainous
land, to the Northward and Weftward, - at about ten
leagues diftant, entirely covered with fnow, and which we judged
to be part of the continent. Thefe iflands, in common with the
• reft o f the cóaft, are entirely covered with pines, of twO or three
different fpecies, Intermixed here and there with witch haz-le, and
various kinds of brufh-wood.
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