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HemarkB on the <Veat Coast of America in the South Seas, 
 
 Saturday I.:arch 7th 17tJ0. At day Break we discovered the 
 Coast of Air.erica, Bearing i; K ^ H tiie i^and appeariii(i High and 
 Hilly covered with Treats Saw an opening in the Land which has 
 greatly the Appearance of being a Harbour or eorne kind of 
 Shelter for Shipping the V^n^ being in the IT W Quarter btood 
 in for it, we struck Soundirifes about 8 or 9 Leagues off Shore 
 95 Fathor: Sandy Bottom, we fell in with this Land in the Lati- 
 tuae of 44°33' 09" N Lone;itude in 255 y5' East of Greenwich, 
 in the Evening the v/ind Shifting to the S V/ the weather 
 proving Squally with Snow &. Sleet ITiglit coning on, both Ships 
 haul'd on a i^ind & endeavour 'd to stand off Shore till Day 
 
 Light, the Direction in which this Part of the Coast runs 
 
 
 is nearly North &■ South the ThemiorriOter at 47 
 
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 Sunday Cth Stood in for the Land v/hich v/as covered v/ith 
 Snow, and had a very Cold &; disnial Appenrance the wind 
 Blowing hard at V/est with heavy Squalls of Snow & Hail & a 
 hollow Sea running, oblig*d us to stand to tiie Southward 
 
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 7 in tlie l^orninc we utood within 3 Lilee of the oho re, but 
 could not 8' e the ioaat appearance of t^ Harbour, Bay, 
 or any Shelter for Dhippint; the ^ and being very hi^h covered 
 with iJnow and the ./eather being Dark &- Gloomy did not a little 
 Contribute to the Natural Drearineso of the Place, in the 
 Evenint, both tihipe tack'd u stood to the ..'estward 
 
 Thursday 12th Squally vith onow & iilf^et the 
 Wind westerly with a Hollow Swell, r tood to the Southward, 
 the Land beintj covered witli Snow, the Thermoi/.eter 44° 
 
 Friday 13"^^ The Weather being Sxceaoive Squally 
 with Snow, rain, Hail, & Sleet at TiMes, we etood to the 
 'Vestward 
 
 Saturday 14"^^ In the Morninti the ^/eather more 
 moderate stood in for the Land, about 9 we £3aw it Bearing 
 S E 8 or 9 Lea(;:;ueE at Koon the weather proving Squally 
 we stood to the North^ until t}ie 22^^ Nothing:, rnateriaa-ly 
 happened except a succession of sisnX ./eather the ./ind 
 Continuing to Blow from tlie ,7est k N .V in heavy Squalls 
 the Greatest Part of the Tirae with thick Fogs 
 
 Sunday 22"^Put tl:^hips Company to an allowance of 
 
 7/ater 2 Quarts per Day exclusive of Boilinfei their Provisions, 
 
 Set D^ Irvins Still to V/ork which gives Six Gallons in 3-j 
 
 Hours, about 10 Saw the i-and bearing E N E Dis"^ 11 or 12 
 
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it the Wind being weotorly Thle i^and appearu hit;h L hilJy 
 in BOoie Placeu, tiie tihore runo no area t K W & S E, The Land 
 "beinf: broken in several Placre r.ai;cB it have the Appeurai ce 
 of Harboure, or oheltcro for ohipi.int, but Nielit coming on 
 before we could get in Shore ,?. weather appearing rather 
 Squally at 8 in the Evciiinc tack'd k stood to the S '.yeatward 
 
 Monday 23'" The Morning proving Jqually with Hail, 
 Snow, & Sleet both .jhii)B Btood to the Westw&id 
 
 Tueoday & .Wednesday, tlie /eatlier still continuint/ 
 very bad with a heavy i^ea from the N ^V which prevented uo 
 from atondinp in towards the Land 
 
 Thursday 26^^^ V/e find the Ship begins to make 
 water k proves leaky in her unper viorke, From this Time to 
 the 29th tne weather being Squally at Times &-. tlie ./ind 
 hant;ing in the N V/ viuarter v/ith Vrequent Fogs v/hioli prevented 
 our standing in for tlie Land 
 
 Sunday 29 About b in the mornin^j the Haze 
 clenring away imagined we saw tij.e Land to the II W of us At 10 
 we discovered high Land extenaing from N N vV -^ V/ to N E b 
 E i E"^ distance off about 7 or 8 Leagues Both Ships sto od for 
 It at Noon being close in Shore bore away and run dov.'n along 
 Shore looking for a Harbour, the Land hereabouts very high 
 
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 with Cnow & In iiiuny Plactf broktii, the Uhore lylriji neurflst 
 '^ N 7/ & E tJ E por Compaan at 4 tJaw tli« Btjpoararice of a 
 Harbour, houl'd m^ for It at 5 the iieeolution nacle y" 
 aifnal for Anchorint, litiiit .Vindc ,'!. vuricble Hoifited 
 out the Boatu to Tow the iihip au did the Ueoj lutioii, At 
 i paot t. a Breoze SprlniUnc up from tiie l\ W, 7/e having 
 very deep ooujidinte utood over lor '\n oponine ^^ tiie K E, 
 At 6 Saw an Indian Town on the II // Point & a number of 
 Canoee coinint; off to both tihipe, At 7 it bein^ very dark 
 Cwne to an Anchor in 75 f"^® V/ater R- veered away to tv/o 
 CablcB Dib^ off Shore about 1-^ Cablee Length 
 
 Monday 30^^^ At DayLight the Hatives ctme off 
 & trRded with us in o very Friendly Fanner, About 9 Sunt 
 the large Cuuter manned & ann'd in Company with the 
 Jveaolution'o Boata, to sound & look for a ^;ood Ancliorint 
 Place, About 1 the Boatu return *d from Sounding, having 
 found severe] safe places for the Ships to lay in, At 
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 Tuesday 31^^ At 11 weigh'd & came to sail at 
 Noon standing off & On on the louth of a Cove waiting for 
 the Resolution Birthing herself about c Anclior'd in 17 
 fathorf.s water & securM tiie Ship with Hawsers to txie Shore 
 
 This Cove is small but Sheltered from the Sea, 
 after the Ships were sr, cured & the Astronon er 's Tents 
 Erected, under the care of Lieutenant King «£•; 11^ Bayly &. all 
 their Instruments got on Shore a party of men were sent froDi 
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 Rigging & inendinj: the Sails &c 
 
 The Resolution unriggM her ForeL.ast to e xainine the 
 Defects in the Head of it which was found so bad as to 
 oblige them to get it out 
 
 Thursday April 2nd ^ot the Foremast out & sent it 
 on Shore & -ot a Tent over it that ti,e Capenters should 
 not breah off work in case of Rain 
 
 Saturday A^^ In the Morning one of the Natives 
 attempted to interrupt the Carpenters at their Work on the 
 Foremast & growing troublesome they complain 'd of him to 
 a man that appeared to be a Chief who made him desist 
 Shortly after it was observed that they all Assembled 
 together and in a great Hurry & Confusion run & haul'd 
 their Canoes up on the Beach, loaded themselves & Canoes 
 with Stones. Lieut V/illiajnson v;ho Commanded the Parties on 
 Shore liad some reason to apprehend they meant to attack 
 them Sc. being without Arms they might have soon put an End 
 to tJiem all before any assistance could be had from the 
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 He hail»d the Resolution & told them what the iiatives 
 were about & desir'd Arms to be sent on Shore, which was 
 done immediately & more men with orders to Lieut 7illiaiLson 
 from Captain Cook to retire to the Rock on which the 
 Astronomer's Tent stood, About t pa3t 11 a number of 
 large Canoes full of men arm»d with long Spears, Bows, 
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the Cove, at which Doth ahips turn'd all Hancla to Small Amis 
 to Convince tliemwe were prepared in case of an assault, the 
 Natives on the Beach immediately begun to put on their .Var 
 Dress & make preparations for action, Several lieseages passed 
 between the two Parties after much parading Sineing & Kal low- 
 ing the Strangers retired round the South Point of the Cove 
 leaving the old ones in fair posBession of tlie i'ield After 
 Dinner the Indians appearing to be very peaceable sent the 
 People from both Ships on Shore to their different Employ- 
 ments under the protection of a strong guard, about 5 the 
 Indians in their Canoes surrounded our Ship Arm'd with 
 Spears, Bows, nrrows <k Stones & appeared in an hostile ..anner, 
 turned all the People we had on board to Small Arms, but 
 finding us still on our Guard about i- past 3 they all went off 
 to the South Point of the Cove v;here they recain^d till the 
 next Morning, This afternoon Llr. V/illiamson 3rl Lieutenant 
 
 of the Resolution being on duty on Shore &: the Indians seeing 
 
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 him with a Musquet in hi*: hand was desirous of knov^ the use of 
 
 it he shew them the Ball & explain'! to tiieiii its Properties 
 
 tellina; them that it would go through their V/ar dress and kill 
 
 them at a great Distance, they laugh'd heartily at tliat & 
 
 immediately hung one of their dresses on a Tree & desir'd 
 
 him to fire at it which he did at a distance of about 20 yards 
 
 put the Ball through 6 or 8 Isolds of their Dress &: lodged it 
 
 in the tree, the Indians gazed at one anotht^r with fright & 
 
 silent astonishment & it was for sometiL.e before he cou'd 
 
 persuade the Owner of the dress to take it in his hand, in 
 
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 of a few bitts of Copp'3r & Iron cou'd prevail on him to 
 CO near it, These Dresses are nade of the Rein Deer Skine 
 Doubled Sew'd down on each side vitiiout Sleeves & in form not 
 unlike a woman's Shift. These Skins are remarkable ti.'ick and 
 is a sufficient defence against tlieir Spears or Arrows, & a 
 patapatou are their only weapons, Vhen these people dress 
 for V!ar they pairl tlieraselves black & red, v.'ear lar^e & 
 fri£;};tful Basques k stick tiieir Hair full of the feathers of 
 Birds 
 
 Sunday 5"^!^ About 7 in the Llornint, the Two parties of Indians 
 drew near each other Just a head of the Ships, in their 
 fighting Dresses & appeared as if goin^^ to Engage by their 
 brandishing their Spears & sintjing their War songs by turns, 
 At 8 afteT' a long parley they parted, the nev/ Comers afraid 
 of hazarding a Battle, chose to leave the Field to their 
 Opponents who came & traded with us as usual, About 4 this 
 afternoon one of the Resolution's 4 Pounders shotted v/ith 
 Grape Shot went off by accident occasion'd by a spark from 
 the Armourer's Forge, but happily did no mischief tho* 
 many people were working be+'ore it in the V/oods. 
 
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 Wednesday 8^^ In a very heavy Gale of .7ind the Resolution 
 Sprung the Head of her Llizen Llast occasioned by Casting the 
 lilizen Shrouds loose, and neglecting to set some of them up 
 again, the Mizen llasts was sprung so bad as to make it necess- 
 ary to make a new One, got the Kizen Last out as soon as 
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Tree down to make ar.otlier, converted t>ie old one Into a Fore 
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 Monday :^0 " i have before observed t. at these people had 
 a very great genius & paudioii for otealln^:; a Bpecimen of which 
 they gave us this morninc by nio.;t dexterously conveyint: Captain 
 Cook'e Gold V/atch out of hie Cabin 5- carryint* it off v/ithout 
 being ween Altho* there were 2 or 3 tiervai ts in the cabin 
 lookin^i; after them it was sornetiir,e aft r their departure that 
 Captn Cook Llise'd it & supposinti thej/ rui^jht not have left tlie 
 Diacovery he sent a Boat to search tliem, and fortunately it 
 Was found stovr'd away in a small Box under some of the Sea 
 Otter Skins at 9 this Mornjnj^ Captain Cook went in our lar^e 
 Cutter accompanied by one of his own Boats to Survey this Place 
 which he calls Kin^^ George tiie Third's Sound, In the After- 
 noon the Captain's Clarke of the Uesolution bou^^ht of the 
 Natives for a pev/ter wash hand iiason, two silver tablespoons 
 of the Spanish Ti-ake, An almost certain proof tl-iat the Spaniards 
 have been here, if not acutally at this place in the Neighbor- 
 hood of it 
 
 Saturday 2b^ About Noon a party of the Natives after 
 having disposed of all their things they iiad to sell ^ave 
 us a very excellent Heava brandishing their Swords, hangers, 
 Saws, Tin Kettles, & all the different kind of Irade which 
 they had got from us, beating time with their Paddles to tlieir 
 Singing all which they performed with great Order & regularity, 
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 A Notion for oOit.e time prevailed amontot ua tlat these 
 people were Cannibals from their h^vln^ brouijht eevt-ral oculle 
 .?'. hands on ioard to sell wiiich seeni'd as if they iiad been 
 roasted or Boil'd & by the Gigno we nade to theu & they to us 
 we had all t}io reuuon in the '.7orld to think they were ao - iiut 
 it was evident we did not understand theM or that they d id not 
 underotend us - for I had this morning a moat Convincine proof 
 of the falsity of our notions, A Man having cotie to me on my 
 landing, with some hands to sell I bou^iit one of him and then 
 dftsired him to Eat it which he would not do, I then offered 
 him more Iron & Uraso tlian wou'd have purchas'd one of tlieir 
 most Elegant dresses if he wou'd eot art of it v/hich offers 
 Ye treated with Great Contempt & departed in Great anger, Yet 
 there are several Gentlemen in tiie two tlhips wlio still c ontinue 
 prepossess 'd in tlieir former opinion. 
 
 When we arrived in this Sound we had but 13 Tons of .Vater 
 on board, the Indians came off & traded in a veiy fria:dly 
 
 manner with us bringing Bears, iievers, Foxes, Deers, V/olves, 
 
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 Seals 8c. other 3kins to oell, for which/gave thern, Hatciietts, 
 
 Nails, Looking, Glasses, Swords, Han^^ers, Saws (^ Tin Kettles in 
 return. But the most valuable bkins as we aftei-wards found 
 were those of the Sea lieaver which are not much known in Europe 
 but are superior in every respect to any Furrsv/e get from 
 Hudson's Bay, we were not at first fully acquainted with the 
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 •lout preferred then to uny othftre tiiat theee people had t,ot, 
 not but tliat we >iad some ei:count of thoia in ; uiler & uone 
 • other Authora who have taken notxco cl' the advantaceouti trade 
 tliat the KunoianB carry on with theoe Fura with China, however 
 it wau not till towardfl the latter End of the Voyage that v/e 
 becni^ie acquainted with the reol worth of them, durinj^ ti.e 
 time we etay'd here we wnj-e visited daily by t}ie iJativeo 
 who bringing with ther. f reoh fioh & a kind of .'/ild Uniono, 
 rfid herringB dry'd Fish, whale S. whale Oil, Luacies £cc i 
 bartered vfith us for pieces of Craus, Copper, Tin iic Buttt a 
 wliicli they all seei.ed very ea^cr after, but more particularly 
 after BractJ, they live in bmgII Tribes together much like new 
 Zealunders & often ^o to ,/ar with one anoti.er on tlie moat 
 trifling/ Occauions, they beinr. very quick in taking offence, 
 Their .7ar Canoes are dug out oi" the Trunks of very large 
 Fir Trees, well finisiied & curiously carv'd they are from 
 30 to 50 & 60 feet in length & carry from 20 to ^6 or 
 30 Arm*d laen, their war dress is a rein Deer's skin tan'd 
 which they wear doubled, made in the shr.pe of a woman's 
 shift without Sleeves, thin Dress will turn an Arruv; or the 
 Point of a Spear, their Arms consist of Spears 12 or 15 feet 
 long pointed ^<ith Bone & they have two sorts of patapator/s 
 one iiiade of Bone like the new Zealanders <Sc the others of a 
 round black btone fix'd into a piece of carv'd wood pointed 
 at once End, their Knives is very ahort 5; made of Iron which 
 they set a great value on. The Bows & Arrows beinc pointed 
 
 
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 3toneu ati we saw in all thair larga v'^anof^u u ijraut iuantlty 
 of tuen. 
 
 The ?Ien ft "/ouen are of the Middle Uize ./ith loaj black 
 Hair hl{;h cheok Uonoe •!< are Much of trie Scotch ouuntenanoe 
 with omall black oyea ^k. v»hen washed cluan io at} fair ho any 
 ^ European with a ^joocl colour in "leir Choeliu, bolh mon k 
 women are bandy loc*d occajion* by their oittin^ eo much 
 on thoir Hams the \7omen -Ir^j^H in a round hat curioiialy iua«le 
 and paintftd virith a flat too ^ a Taeaell, a round Tippet 
 \vith a hole in ye laiddxa tii^^ed vvith furr, tne lov/er part aa 
 •Afhicli oovars the Ohouldera la fritit:'d an A-hoo /hie); goes 
 round their Bodies undor their Arrau <.^e reacxiea below tlie 
 kneo, thic A-hoo ^z tipoet '.o made of coarse flax in Uiu saiiie 
 manner au tnem at New iuealandf the men wear a round hat ^ith 
 a Ball on the ui)per part jf it, a Boave:*, Hear, wolfe or 
 >'oxe8 ;jlcin covora their Bodies, Both sexea bore tiieir Ears 
 ^ the Holea are large enou^jh to ad^-.iit of a finger or Thumb in 
 these holes they waro ornai-ieiitd of different sorts, such as 
 larjije Bunches of twisted line, slips of Copper A: pieces of 
 skins of different Sorts, ^>c some have round rin.-js of a very 
 pale Copper l-ian.^ing to the i:iddle part of their llosesi, they 
 ail smear their faces & Bodies over with grease, oils, k 
 difforaat sorts of Paint which makes them have a fierce 
 and savai^e appearance and are really as «i sty a people as 1 
 ever beheld the v/oraen have not the least objection to 
 Bartering their favours as Ciieap us any otner Gomiaodity - 
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 Y/hite down of feathers which answers the same purpose as 
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 Their sniall canoes which tiiey make use of in couunon is 
 auout 12 or 14 feet long well finish 'd & will carry about 5 or 
 6 men. They are very ingenious in tiieir CHrviiiti Budte 
 Birds Qc 'Beasts likewirje laalcinci; of Boxes & curiously carving 
 them, they Finish their -vork very lieatly it -vould vju;^zle 
 the ber, Artists in ZHurofje to do the like with only their 
 Tools, t}iey catch I'^ish withwoc^en hooks 'h a strong: thin 
 aeav/eed for a Line, fitted witL Chopsticks "; baited witli 
 lIUGsels in the came manner as our fisheriiien They have ail 
 kinds of snares 1 decoys for catcnint^ Birds Zz Beasts, 
 likewise they have Harpoons made of Bone "c soine of Ilussel 
 3hellB for the striking of wiiales, Seals &c and I believe 
 they kill a great many in the summer time, as they sold us a 
 great quantity of tne Sperrdaceti wliale Oil, & some large 
 square pieces of Blubber, the men L women are very fond of 
 Brass Buttons to hang as ornaments about their necks and 
 tinn, Brass or Copper made into Bracelets to w ear 'bout their 
 Ancles Sc V/rists, both sexes tattow a little, their houses 
 are expressive of great misery being nothing more than a few 
 boards, fix'd in the ground 7 or 8 feet high covered .yith 
 a flat roof which is neither 7/ind nor ,7ater Tignt & a most 
 horrid stink from stale urine & rotten fish -which charming 
 odor is to be met with in every house - 
 
 The Country aboiit King Georges Sound is so mountainous 
 
 steep & woody that it is inaccessible. Cherrys, Gooseberries, 
 
 Currants, RaisOerries & Strawberries in abundance all of 
 
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 Description for aailini in 8c out of 3hip Cove Kins George 
 the Third Sound with the 3ounain^-3, I/^arks, Rocks, ^hoalg, 
 8co with the Latitude, Longitude, Tides, Currenta "c Varia- 
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 King George the Third Sound lies on the East Coast 
 of America, it appears to be a Group of Islands & broken 
 Lands, the Entrance into this Sound vvjriich we car.ie in fc 
 went out at is in the Latitude 49° 33* 30" N. Longitude 
 of Greenwich, 
 
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 In Sailing or Turning:; in or out of this Place be 
 sure & not stand to Far over on eithe.. Shore it being all 
 foul Ground, but more particularly tne Eastern side there 
 being a ridge of Rocks which his about a mile off Shore 
 Sc does not shew themselves till low water, there is a very 
 good cross mark for your guidance in the Plan of the Sound, 
 The entrance across is about 2 Miles wide, with 40, 50 & 
 60 Fathoms depth of V/ater all rock bottom but after you are 
 within the Heads you will find the V/ater deepen to 70, 
 80 4 90 Fathoms muddy Bottom, there is several Coves & 
 snpg Places where you may Anchor in safety according as the 
 Wind is* 
 
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 We Anchor'd with our best Bower in 70 Fathoms 
 Water Tviuddy Bottom and veered away to 1-^ Cables, the .'ilast 
 Head of the Bay S 22° 7/ & the West Head S 54° '/ Distance 
 
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 the Ship with Hawsers to the Shore, as did the Resolu- 
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 Latitude 
 Longitude 
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 490 35 » North 
 233° 26' East of Groenwich 
 19° 30' East 
 
 Tides Rises full .%; change 8 Teet 9 Inches 
 
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 Wood here in great Plenty close down to the 
 V/ater Side fit for masts or yards of any size or Timber 
 for building or repairing of Shipping, the Resolution 
 got her I'^ore tnast out here Sc repair 'd it, it being 
 sprung in the Head, ^ cut dovm a pine ' ree Sc made a 
 new laizen mast the old one being rotten & decay 'd in the 
 Head, Both Ships cut spare Topmasts, Topsai 1 Yards, Top 
 Gallant Leasts 8c several small spars for other uses, 
 likewise we cut dovm sc-vcral pine trees & saw'd them 
 into Planks for the Ships use. Excellent ',7ater in 
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 The Natives visited ub dayly bringing freoh fieh, young 
 onions, red Herrings, dry'd Fish, whale Flesh, vvtiale Oil, 
 musoels, &c & Barter'id with uu for pieces oi; Brass, Copper, 
 Tinn &, Buttons we cut a great 'Quantity of Spruce, brew'd 
 Eocenco, A: made spruce beer for the Ships Company 
 
 Descriutiono of the landing Place & otner Uemarks* 
 
 v;e find this to be a v^ry large oound with a nm.bsr of 
 small Islands &: Inlets in it, with very deep soundings & in 
 some places no Ground with 150 Fathom of Line out - T}ie 
 Country about Kintj George's Sound A Bounds in Hills with 
 Scarce any Flat Land about & these Hills exceedingly difficult 
 of excess except by some Indian paths of which thex'-i are ver-/ 1 ew 
 the whole country being covered with pine Trees our Bottonist 
 found here the Cypress V/ood in great Plenty. Cherry's 
 gooseberries. Currants, Rais-berries, & Strawberries in great 
 abundance. 
 
 The Resolution having got her Fore 5c Mizen Liasts in & both 
 Ships overhauled their Rigging repair 'd their Sails, Compleated 
 their '.Vooding & Watering got all ready for Sea in the night the 
 Indians cut away the Resolution's fish hook it being overboard 
 ready to fish the anchor in the morning 
 
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Sunday 26^^^ About 2 in the Afteraooa both Lihlpe got out of 
 the Cove & about 7 the wind sprintiing up at N H W hoiated 
 in our Boats & made Sail 3: otood out of the ^ound. 
 
 The Nativeo bidding no farev^ell in their manner, hallov?ini; 
 & oiioutinti artAr uu, at i paut 7 the /eat point of the .^ound 
 •7 b S 2 or 3 Hi lea ft tne fJouthe^'rinaoot land in uight 3 E b 3 at 
 10 at Night aciually with hard Rain, anlit tne Jibb & blew it tj 
 pieces at 7 in the morning .stowM the Anchors 
 
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 Tuesday 28^" otrong Galeo with a high oea, close reef'd 
 the Topsails .'c handed them in the Evening the weathur raore 
 moderate set tlie Topsails close reefed 
 
 Wednesday iiOth Both Ships stanuing to the N '! wind at 
 S E very littl« alteration in the Veather, burnt fires between 
 decks to Air the Ship Thenttometer 45° 
 
 Thursday 30^ atill standing to the N W. 
 
 Friday .lay 1^"^ Nothing rejaarkablo near ni>on saw a seal 
 Thenrioiaeter 44° 
 
 Saturday 2"^ Standi to the N .7 with fine V/eather at i 
 past 7 in the Evening Saw the Land, bearing from N-^ E to E II B 
 made the Signal for seeing it to the Resolution 
 
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 Lions about the 3hlp at Noon the //eet point of the Land li 2Z^ 
 .Y a remarkable hifc?h Sugar Loaf Uountain N 15® 'V, the weot point 
 
 of the 'Veot^rmoot lele TI b4° E Di3t°* off Jhore 3 or 4 i^ea^uet, 
 
 At 4 in the Afternoon tho ueeolution'M Boat caiae on board of 
 
 U8 by which we learnt they >iad sprung a leak in her larboard 
 
 Buttock the Uitiht aft'jr ioavink; King cjeorge tne Third oound 
 
 which made them keep their iiand puape Conetantly At work for 2 
 
 dayu when the Leak Qtop*d itself TheruiOiuet^a? 46° 
 
 Mondy 4th Tiie wind from J S S to II 7/ Staiiding to the 
 '.Teatw'^ at 8 in the Evening a ContinuHl Hidge of High :mowy 
 Mountaind in sight 
 
 Tuftsd^ 5^^ At noon:: ount St Elias N 60° W the Peak 
 of a very high Mountain a brcaa of us N 45° E dist of ohore G or 7 
 LeafejueB taany floc'ca of Birda and ./iiales aoout the Ships 
 Th*^r^ 47° 
 
 Thursd^ The Wind N Easterly Standing to the U 7 at : i. 
 the Afternoon sounded 77 fathoms muddy bottom at 6 w^ny Api-.i.^..' 
 openinejs in The Land that seem to forto deep Sounds Sc harbours 
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 Sund^ lO"^*^ Standing to the N ./ with mod ® weather the 
 wind from West to N N E at 10 in the morning a great lany ./hales 
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Tuesd^ 12*^ 'Ihe 'Uind E b S with Mod^® n^' at ^ past 
 Noon 3aw an Opening l5ore away for it at 3 thick foggy dirty 
 W^ at f past 3 haul'd up for a harb^ On the East 3ide.» on. 
 entering the Sound had Light Variable '.Vinds at 6 Anchored of the 
 mouth of a Cove on the 3 E side of the Sound with the Bt Bov/er 
 in 12 fathom water muddy 'BottoEi veer'd av;ay to -J- of a Cable the 
 Outer Points of the Sound 3 7° "iV to II 61° .7 and the upper 
 Part of the Sound .11 N E i E the upper part of the Cove 3 E b 
 E dist: 1 mil's the East point of Ditto K 41° E a Cluster of 
 Rocks N '«7 b 11 about 2 miles the outer points of The Sound bear 
 from Each ot/.er II 'H b N and SEbEdist^® a, sunder about 
 4 miles at 7 tv/o Large Canoes came over irom a Ioy/ point of 
 Land On the opposite side of the Sound and regain 'd "with us 
 about 2 hours But we could not prevail on them to come on 
 board but from the little we could judge of then they appear 'd 
 to be the saiae kind of Indians as at King George's Sound,, 
 in the ni^ht a s;uall canoe with 2 men paddel'd Round tlie Ships 
 3 or 4 times aud kept a look out on us at the mouth of the Cove 
 till sun rise and then went away# Thermometejcr 48° 
 
 7/ednesdi^ 13*^ of 5iay Fresh breezes and Squally .7^ at 
 10 in the Horning Both Ships weighed and workM to the lJorthw<i 
 up the Sound in search of a safer anchoring Place at 8 in the 
 Evening fresh gales and hea y squalls With rain and Sleet 
 Employ »d in turning in to Snug corner cove at i past D° cair.e 
 too vith our b"^ Bower in 8 Fathom water muddy bottom dist: 
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 Cloudy \V^ Early this Ilorninj::; we were visited by a number of 
 Canoes the Indiana who behaved very troublesone in coinin£^ on 
 board which oblig'd us to turn them all out of the ohip at 
 noon The Resolution on a Careen stopincj her leak this afternoon 
 the Laxinches Vrom both ohips Employ 'd watering 
 
 Saturday 16'''^^ Early this Morning we saw some Animals 
 running along The Beach but could not distinguish wheather they 
 V/are Dogs, Wolves, or Foxes at 8 sent two boats raann'd and arm'd 
 to examine the sound many Canoes about both Ships trading they 
 all came from the Southw^ there Being no Indiana inhaoiting this 
 Cove or any wheres near xt that wt Could perceive, they brought 
 several of the sea Otter Skins all well drest And mark'd on the 
 flesh side with red as if for sale these people have twokinds 
 of Canoes both fram'd the lardger are open for carrying a number 
 of People the Other only carrying two or three people "^d b 
 covered All over except where the People sits which is round 
 holes and to prevent Tne water getting in they ware smock 
 frocks made of the intestines of The .Tnales which cones close 
 round their necks and the bottom part Tucks round the hoop of 
 the canoe where they sit in: these canoes Are not unlike the 
 Usquiraoa and are the Boats in which they go a Whaling and 
 hunting r.ft^r the Sea Otter, these animals are not unlike the 
 Seal in the water being like them often oblig'd to co.ue to the 
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in its formation it having the two forefeet exactly like a dog 
 The hind feet like a Seal it also has a tail which tho seal has 
 not Its furr is beyond exception tlie finest I ever "beheld but 
 to heavy for ".Varini;; ov;ing to the thickness of the skin and the 
 quantity of l^'urr on it - it would I believe be excellent for 
 Hatts, these Animals are extremely Fond of their youn^ tt e 
 natives therefore always try to take tiieir young fiifet as the 
 old ones will then keep near tlie Boat and suffer Themselves to 
 be harpoon* d sooner than quit their youn^; the Indians are 
 extremely dextrous at this method of striking birds, beasts, or 
 Fish, these People are better dresst than the natives of King 
 George The Third's sound and differ in languat^e, they ware a kind 
 of frock over their furr dress made '^f wiiale's gut w . ich is 
 prepared and dress 'd By the fire and sevf'd together extremely 
 neat and strong and very much Resembles a woman's shift, this 
 they wear in rainy weather or wuen Tney ai'e a going a fishing 
 they also liave a hood to it v/hich they Bring over their heads 
 ai.d tye close under their Chin with this Dress they are well 
 secured from the weather but the most remarkable Difference in 
 the Customs of these People from any others we have mett with 
 yet in their cutting themselves belov; their under li^ so as to 
 make A false mouth though which they thrust their tongues or 
 pieces of Boi:e in imitation of teeth we found them wellstock'd 
 with iron and European beads, 7/ild ducks and Geese are here in 
 great plenty but Extroamly sh;^' the Country is very hilly and 
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 At half past 2 in the Afternoon riari'd and arr/i'd 2 boats and E^ent 
 the 1^^ Lieutenant in one and the Faster in tiie ^ther to make 
 what Discoveries they could each talking a differnnt rout at 
 9 at ni^ht the Boats r'-turn»d with out r.iakint any discovery of 
 any consequence* 
 
 Tueed^ 19th At 3 m the lIorninG; both Ships \7eit;h'd and 
 
 made sfiil enpl^ worhint^ out of the sound Ther 46-2 
 
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 Wednesd-^ 20 Winas Variable with Bi.iall rain luany eesils 
 Grai.puses &nd Divers about the Ship Theruometer 4£)° 
 
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 Bowertf Anchoro to bring up v/ith the Eastern Shore appears to 
 have a Number of openings and inlets the Land being very hi^li 
 cover 'd with snow at 7 in the Evening found the tide running at 
 the rate of 3 knots 6 fathoms p^ half minute suppoaed to be the 
 Ebb it being doubtful wheather we uigr.t not be in the entrance of 
 a large river at |- past 10 wiien the Tide from the rorthw^^ slack M 
 wl weighed some of the water taken up alongside and found it not 
 to differ from that atsea, at slack water the Reaiui ion's boats 
 were buely employ 'd creeping for lier small Anchor but v/ithout 
 euccess. 
 
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 veigh'd and made sail Emi)loy»d tideing it to the llorthw^ 
 
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 tide rr.okin^'; ai-airu.t us ca;. e to an Anchor in l^i fathon. water 
 At 8 try'd the Ubb tiae ai'd found it to Hun at -: knoti« G fathom 
 pr }ia^f minute found the tide had iibb'a 17 feet by the aeep 
 oea lead, the land ,0 the Kantw^ end N E of us appeare to be 
 a very lai'ce Island it bein(i low ai:d Level without treeb a 
 long range of Dnowy mounLaine layin^^' at the Lack of it 
 
 Saturday 30^^^ at i paot 1 in the morning' v/ei^h'd v/ith the 
 tide of flood Joundint/ froir: I'll to 26 fathoi;. sandy Bottoni at ^ 
 past 6 tack'd and Anclior'd in 19 fathoriiS about 6 in the 
 morning we oaw a canoe fe;oine, alonj/ the Eaetern wliore at 1 in the 
 afternoon v/eifhM with the ''lood. about 2 three sr^all Bkin canoes 
 cai.ie off to us v/ith one man n each but finding the Ship t-Cint; 
 two fast and tlie tide of flood very ctrong they could not Leep 
 up with us 80 they Liade the Best of their v.ay for the Eastern 
 Chore a£ain thic afternoon the v/ind blowing fresh the water 
 beint^ slack and rnuddy we seeing a rippling, like bret^kers about 
 mid Channel v/hich obli^'d us to tack often altho* we judged it 
 to be tv/o tides m eeting together, but aftt;r wards •v^e found it 
 to be a shoal dry in several places at low water our Soundings 
 regular from 18 to 32 fathotiS at 8 the tide bein^, against us 
 came to an Anchor 15 fathom water the land i ere abouts appears 
 very much like the North and South forelands Kent at lower v;ater 
 we wei^jh'd seme of it taken up a long side aid found it one 
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 sail vlth a ilg}it K Eait«rl> \)reeze with miulII ruin sounUingu 
 froD 15 to £0 fathop.o at 10 the tide of Ebb makint "trcng caiue 
 to an Anchor In 16 fathoirj water uuidif bottom this Afternoon 
 Bevorrl carooB Lartje and unoll ca:..e of to both :.;hipB but 
 brou^ilit nothinfc to trade v.lth tuey ohew us i:nive8 and blue 
 beads v;hich they ccem to Yjxve in crevt plenty at 2 it beint> 
 low water we weifc;h'd some ol" it and found it quite freeh which 
 convinc'd uo it muut be a river tiiat. we v/ere in but eeeing 
 the two (lpenint!.£5 the one to the Northvn and the otlier to the 
 Baut^'*^ Lent tlie laxge cutter l^n*d and Arm*d in compj.ny 
 with the l:esolutJoti'8 to exaiuine tlie tiortherr.ioi:;! Openir.g ueverrl 
 cfinoeo large and si ail a Lout the ohi|>b trwdint; at 4 weighed 
 anchor ai:d dropt further up v/ith the tide at C anchor'd 
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 Cutters return 'd without, arriving; at a Certainty respecting 
 
 a pauyace At ^ past d° the tide of flood niakin^ wei^^h'd 
 
 and carne to sail seveial canoes following 'us the Katives wtio 
 
 e::chang»d with our People for pieces of Iron, bows, arrows, and 
 
 daceerB all pointed with Copper and fish in e^'^at plenty ( known 
 
 by the narne of Caplin in Newfoundland) which prov'd to be 
 
 excellent eating at i past 7 the Resolution made the sig 
 
 for our large Cutter v/hichwe sent rnan'd and ariu*d in Company 
 
 with their boats to go a head of the Ships and sound 
 
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 the one running; to the Northw^ amcritjot lovol land nud the Other 
 to the Sautw ^ betweun a raiige of enowy Uountaind aoout 2 
 
 in Lhe afternoon the lieeolutioM iiodlo tiie uij^nal for our Cuttwr 
 vrhich wao aont in comiiany with hers under the Command of Lietitwnant 
 Kin^ to the :iouth ::hore to take POHueauion of tiie Country ii. hie 
 Britannic T.IaJesty's nai.ie and for hia Heirs and oucoeauora on tueir 
 first landing; tiio?o were met by a few india/ia who sold thew a doj^ 
 some freah aaliaon for a Shoe Buckul and a coat button, the iprin/^ 
 •wao juijt oettint; in here tlie aoaew wer^j in bud, strawberrieu, 
 llaoberriea Sc Gooaeborrieo v/ere in BlosMOtn o.rul nil t le '/egetaole 
 creation in great forw;irdneou About ^ pact \ it beinjj lov/ water 
 iiere we found tlie tide liad Ebb*d 28 feet perpendicular we now 
 found our expectations of a Passage this way totally disappointed 
 ••jy the water shoaling very raucii and tiie wat^^r .vhich v/e liaa often 
 ■weif^li'd by the Hydra itatick i^allance v/itUout little dil'ference 
 in weii;ht from the sea water but here to our great I.lortif ication 
 "we found it freah it bein^j nov/ beyond a doubt that we hEid 
 been for this eight days past in a large river ruruiing Lo tlie 
 IJorthw^ Imviut:; now det-jruiinM the unpracti«auility of doing anything 
 thia way at ^ 11 at ni^ht both Ships weighed their Anchors to 
 return once more to the sea bidding Farewell to a most verdant and 
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Tuesd^ 2nd, at 4 in the morning ancUcr'd the tide being 
 againat us had the wind ohifting to Ihn oouthw^ which 
 oblig'd us to tide it back AgaJn at i past 10weigh»d and made 
 3ail 3ev;3ral canoes along LJide trading with us at 2 in the 
 Afternoon the Resolution ran a Ground on a SJ.oal and r^de the 
 Sign^ ^'^^ ^0 ^0 anchor tack'd beincj in iihoal water at {- paat 
 2 anchored in 17 fathoms it then being a Bout half Ebb the 
 Resolution bearing fron us E N E -^ E dist^^ about Z mlea 
 this Shoal is a hard black sand dry in roany places at the last 
 quarter Ebb and lays nearest mid Channel westw^ Part of it 
 which is dry S 22^ tt dist°« about Z miles and the Eastermost 
 Part S 17^ dist°® 1^ miles as soon as -we anchored several 
 small Canoes came off to us "bringing i'resh Salmon and alX 
 kinds of Curiositya which th.-y exchang'd i*or nails &c about 
 7 the Resolution floated and soon after anchor* d in, the fairway 
 she having received no damag'd the weather being moderate and 
 the -water smooth. 
 
 ¥ednesdy 3^^ of June at -J past midnight weight and came 
 to sail in company v/ith the Resolution and employ M turning down 
 the river at 4 Anchored with the B'*'' Bower Irt 16 fathom, water 
 from 4 this morning till I- past 10 a great number of In(Me,ns 
 in large and small canoes came off and traded with both Ships 
 in a Yery friendly manner bringing fresh and dried Salmon, bows 
 arrows spears &c We likewise got from them some smock frocks 
 very light made of a number of little speckled sking which was 
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them in Gandwich Gound Their dreoa consisted chiefly of sea 
 beaver skins made Into Jacketts or smock frocks with sleeves 
 to the a they also wore boots and ^gloves and no part of their 
 dress resei.ibled that of the inhabitants of King George the 3rd 
 Sound except their V/icker caps Ihey had also the saiue kind of 
 frocks made of bird's skins chiefly thofre of wild Geese an 
 Other re arkable difference between the King Geor(;je's sound 
 people and thece is their under lips being slit so as to make 
 &. false mouth through which they thrust their tongue or pieces 
 or bone in imitation of teeth we also bought of therr. a kind of 
 lirjuour made of long slipgf of wood fastened together and 
 
 curiously painted it goes all round the body and reatches 
 from the shoulde:\^ to the lower part tf the waist and fastens 
 "behind like a woman's stays at 11 this morning weigh'd 
 and made sail and employ 'd turning down the river about One in 
 the aft ^noon tack'd Ship and soon after "bore away as did the 
 Resolution we being in shoal water sldoundings from 5 to 7 fathom 
 %ater rocky bottom stood to the il S to clear the .Jhoals and sent 
 the boats a head to sound i'lom "both Ships At about 2 'vve 
 deepen!! oux* water to 15 fathorafe haul'd ou? v/ind and employed 
 turning down the river ag^' In at 6 came too in ils> fathom water 
 vrith the best bov/er Sh^-ngle Bottom 
 
 Thursd"^* ^ at 2 this morning both Ships Vioigh'd and 
 employ 'd turning down the river at 7 came too with the B 
 Eov/er in 28 Fathom water Shingle Bottom at 3 in the Afternoon 
 weigh' d and employ 'd tjirning dov/n the river as before at ji past 
 
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 Friday 5 at 2 in the morning; weighed and came to Gail at 
 
 6 calm caiiie too wio.i the B* Bov/er in 20 fathom water aliingle 
 Bottom at noon being Slack water the Resolution's boat einploy'd 
 crea.'jing for her small anchor and hawser sne lost on the 29 
 day of Lay about One the Ebb Tide jaaking very strong the boatu 
 r^turn'd unsaccessful both Ships weighed and caiiie to sail at 
 
 7 this Afternoon car:ie too with the B Bower in. o4 fathoa 
 "water black sand and small shells 
 
 Saturd^ 6 At 6 this Morning both Ship 3 weighed and came 
 to sail employed Turning out of the river a bout 7 this Evening 
 both Ships Clear *d this River taking our departure fiora scue 
 Islands which we call'd rocky isles and what we take to be the 
 Islands that Cap Beering gives the najne of S*' Kemogiaais to 
 a Cape on the './est side of it these islands lays in Xattitude of 
 58° 15* N* and Longitude 207° 45 E of Greenwich, vv e 
 spent 8 days going up this river and 5 in our return a very 
 considerable time lost, the season, of the year being so very far 
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"In Memory of Lieut* Thuvrias Edi;ar» of f^e ligyal Kavy, ^ho 
 departed this life October I'f^^^ leoi, atjed 56 yea-3. 
 
 He carae into tlie liavy at 10 years oi a^e, vms in tliat 
 jnemorable ei.gatjeraent v/itli Adroiral Hawk, and a'li led round tlie world 
 in company with the vniortunate Captain Cook of the Resolution 
 in his last voyage, v/hen he was i'illed "by the Indians at the 
 Island of uwhie in the 3outa Sea the X4th February 1773," 
 
 " Tom Edgar at last has sailed out of this v/orld 
 Hi« shroud is put on and his topsails are furled, 
 He l.^es snug in Defith's boat v/ithout any concern^ 
 And is nioored for a full due ahead ai.d astern; 
 O'er the compass of life he has merrily run, 
 His course it is finished, his reckonirii is done," 
 
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 (Thomas Edgar was l.^aster tf the I)l2C0YQry. 
 Cook* 8 death shoula be 1779) 
 
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