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Show 163 JOUTINAL. 111ilec:; \vide. ,\-e had to coast round it, as the "int; raisnl the wa es so high we coulcl go no other way. VVe halted ancl dinccl at a point on the t)(_,rth ~ide 0~ the bay where a small river comes in. \Ve a~ain pl'ocet.cled on coastiFfg , till "·e came to a poi11t of land where the bay becomes nntch n~uTu\\'t.: t'; and the water quite salt. The waYcs here l'an c.,o high " c were obliged to lie to, and kt the tide lt>nve cur ca .. noes on dry ground. This poiut we cailut Cape s,, ell ; and the bay aboYe, Shalla"· 13:\y, as there is no great depth of water. In crosslng the bay 1rhe:J the tide 'vas out, some of our men ~ot sea sick, the swells were so great. In it there are a ~r eat man} ~ " ans, geese, ducks ancl othet' ·water io,, lci. Tht: 'vhole of this day was 'vet and disa ~;reeahl e ; and the rlistance we n1aclc, in :1. strair.:;ht line, r . .. s ,1ot more than 9 n1ilcs ; though the distance '' e coasted w a~ above 20 miles. Satuulay 9th. ~' he morning was wind y, r~1iny and clisagrecahle, and we- were obli ged to remain at Cape s,~·ell all uay and uaload oul' canoes to prt.:\tllt them from sinking·; notwithstanding sotnc (1f them did sinh. 'vhen the tide came in at noon. \ \" e had no fresh watel', except what r ain we cm.gbt by }H1tling out out· 'essels. "\ Ve remained here all uight, ~JH.l '1hc ram continued. S-mrlay 1 Otit. \tV e had a rainy morni11g, Lut the ·nind was not so high as it hr•.cl been yt.st~··d~y ; am1 w e set ou\. from Cape Swell, coasted along· for 3 mil<.:s, passed some high cliffs of sandy rocks, and then carhe to a point; wh-el'e we found the ~wells so h)gh, the Y1 ind h;wing· risen, th:tt -we could not i)rocted: so we had to return back al>out a m.!le to get a safe harbour. l:lere \Ye dined on some pounded salmon, that we had procured ft'Om tht Indians; a11d un]oadccl our canoes. .After\\ e bad. been here about 2 hours, it became more 9<l!m and we loaued the canoes again, but C(,uid no~ ~~~ round the point, the s1vells were still so high · • .TOUI~ .\L. ·we ~hct:ef(lt'e pPt ioo at :.1. hntnch of In~ lt wnt~l'.l:n,\·t· hig·IJ cli{fs ot rork.s <1nd tliJloaclu.l ag~.in. Here \ /C scarcelv had roon~ to li~ beuvcen the rock:; nntl wnte r ; L:tt '' e m ad-! c,hill to do ;t am011g· some (1cift wood that h~d b('C:tl heat up Ly the tid..:. lL rain('d h.trtl all night :l1Hl wa ' cry dio:agrcenlJle. \Yl;il!~ on otlr l.', ,'..y down :n cby we sa ~ some porpo:s~·s, sea ctter mul a gl'cat mall) ~~a gulls. Th~ 'v att:t :s l·e" OIHC very salt. I~J,,z da~J 1 Jth . T he mornin.0 · \'l::t3 \Ht Rncl th.:. ) wiml · L~il blm·, :11~, ~ 0 t.l1<tt we co. :ld not pr'-'CCl 1 ; we t lle1cfo~·c built lar:.;e Cr<.s and nu-de 0ur ~i t uation as fomfo rtabk as po~sible. but still lnd c.nough, ac; we have no t~n ts, ul' cover~ 11g' to defend uc., c..xccpt ow· blankets and some m.ats we g·ot ft·om the illdi .. n.;, which we put on poh~s to k t::ep off tht: 1 a111 . It con- • :in t...:cl r aining a.nd blowing all d<'Y ; a:HI <:L 4 o'd~>ck 1n the ttftcrnoon the tide wa~ !-!O l,i!:·h th<'t we had tf) •) lea' e our lodg-es, until it ;j')t lowe!' in tht: c:Yening·. ~l)lllC .of the n1en went about ..f.() p~i·ches np th<.. .n;·e t· and caught l5 !i nc lar;..;e ii::~h. TucsclaiJ 1'2th. A clondy wet mr~rning, after a tet · J'tble ni~~·b L ()f rain, hail, thtl!H.lel' and li~htt:ni n:-;· \Ve tllough t it be~t to mov::! our camp, and tixccl our .-st~no .:: s and loaded thenl v.ith stones to keep th\'w down. \V c went about th-e eighth of a mik Ci •Hn thic; place , at~d fixed ouese1ves t..s wdl as \H' cou!d and remained all n~ght. The rain still COilt~lll:cL, and the river rem:tined Yery roug h. JVednfsda'J J 3l/z. This was anot her c1is~grccab!e ra:ny day, ancl " ·c rc ma~uc.d nt cnmp bei n~· Utwb!c t'; get a\•;a)'. At 9 1./clock in the fol'cnoon it bt;can a <t little more calm. tl1an U<;i..tal ; and ~ me:1 tn,)~ <1 catloc Ythich we g;ot il'om the IndiJ.ns of a kind c.·c~,.·J~~.-nt ils ndin~ sw dl.3, a11cl set out to go to the pr)itlt on t.L~.: ~ea shol'e, to <lscertnin whetl1•::r thtre were ,\ny ' V1.He ,)conic tb en~) or if they ,\·ere ~;one. TlJ.:<,r&daJ I ·1th. '-' ~ e e:Ku~c!.ec~ ~ast 1)!:_:::'. to hav ... |