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ther during the night was moderate, and we plied to the South- *7^7*
ward and Weftward, making boards as occafion required. <.— ,—
In the morning of the 7th we flood in for the land, and at ten
o’clock, feeing a deep bay which bore North North Well, we hauled
on a wind, and fleered direftly for it, thinking it probably might
be* inhabited; but on approaching well in with the land, there was
no appearance, of a harbour, or any inhabitants, on which we bore
away to the Southward. At noon the extremes of the land bore
from South Eaft to North 6o deg. Weft, four miles diftant from
fhore. Thé latitude 53 deg. 16 min. and longitude 133 deg. 19
min. Weft.
About two o’clock in the afternoon, being clofe in fhore, we faw
feveral canoes putting off, on which we fhortened fail, and lay to ,
for them, as the wind blew pretty frefh. The place thefe people
came from had a very lingular appearance, and on examining it
narrowly, we plainly perceived that they lived in a very large hut,
built on a fmall ifland, and well fortified after the manner of an
hippah, on which account we diftinguifhed this place by the name
of Hippah IJland.
The tribe who inhabit this hippah, feem well defended by nature
from any fudden affault of their enemies ; for the afcent to it ,
from the beach is fteep, and difficult of acceft ; and the other fides
are well barricadoed with pines and brufh-wood ; notwithftanding
which, they have been at infinite pains in raifing additional fences
of rails and boards j’.fo that I fhould think they cannot fail to repel
any tribe that fhould dare to attack their fortification.
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