During the 26th and 27th, we kept Handing up the fiver with
variable winds, and moderate weather : no inhabitants came near
us, nor any particular occurrencehappened. At noon on the 27th,
-the Burning Mountain bore South-Weft by Weft. Aconfiderable
.fmoke iflued from its fummit, which.is very lofty, but we faw no
:firy eruption ; nor did I find, .on enquiry of Captain Dixon, that
they ever, faw any greater appearance of a volcano from this mountain,
during their cruize up this river, their laft Voyage, at which
time it was. difcavered.
At three o’clock in the afternoon of the 28th, we came to
anchor in eleven fathom water, over a fandy bottom, the adjacent
•coaft to the Weftward about three miles diftance, tolerably , level,
and likely, in the opinion of our Captains, to produce Furs. In the
evening, a Angle canoe, with one man in her, came along-fide us,
hut brought nothing, except a little dried falmon, which we bought
for a few beads, with which he feemed perfectly fatisfied. ’Tis moft
probablt this man came purpofely to reconnoitre us, and learn our
intentions ; for when he underftood that we came to trade peaceably,
and was fhewu various articles we-had to traffic with, he was
very well pleafed,;and gave us to underftand that the people" (pointing
to the ffiore) would bring us plenty of fkins by the next day’s
fun. Early in the morning of the 29th, we had feveral canoes
along-fide us ; fbme fo fmall, that they hold only one or two men,
and others with from ten to fourteen people in them : they
brought us fkins of various forts, fuch as land and fea otters,
bears, racoons, marmotts, &c. &c. for which they took toes and
blue beads, but the toes are held in the greateft eftimation, a middling
fized toe fetching the beft otter fkin they , had got. During
the greateft part of the day, we traded with pretty good fuc-
nefs, the inhabitants behaving in a quiet, orderly manner, and
we
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