. N O R T H -W E S T C O A S T OF AM E R I C A .
Shrubs of different forts appeared to be fpringing up, but their
vegetation was not fufficiently advanced for us to diftinguilh what
they were; yet the weather was tolerably mild, the mean of the
thermometer being 46 deg.
We found fome wild geefe and ducks here, and though not near
fo numerous as at Montague Illand, yet they were more eafily come
at. Captain Dixon frequently went on fhore, to take the diverlion
of {hooting, and feldom returned without fome game, wdrich not
only proved an excellent treat for us, but at the fame time gave the
Indians fuch an idea of fire-arms, that their behaviour was perfectly
quiet and inoffenfive, and they never attempted to mo-
left us.
The number of inhabitants contained in the whole found, as
near as I could calculate, amounted to about feventy, including
women and children; they in general are about the middle fize,
their limbs ftraigh't and well fhaped, but like the reft of the inhabitants
we have feen on the coaft, are particularly fond of painting
their faces with a variety of colours, fo that it is no eafy matter to
difcover their real complexion; however, we prevailed on one woman,
by perfuafion, and a trifling prefent, to wafh her face and
hands, and the alteration it made in her appearance abfolutely fur-
prifedus ; her countenance had all the chearful glow of an Eng-
lifh milk-maid ; and the healthy red which fluflied her cheek, was
even beautifully contrafted with the whitenefs of her neck; her eyes
were black and fparkling; her eye-brows the, fame colour, and
moft beautifully arched; her forehead fb remarkably clear, that
the transflucent veins were feen meandering even in their minuteft
branches—-in fhort, fhe was what would be reckoned handfome
seven in England: but this fymmetry of features is entirely deftroyed
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