. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. we kept up this friendly intercourfe by every method in our power, being perfeffly convinced, that a kind and mild treat Z:Z,^' '""'' â¢"''"' of procuring what we wanted from Towards evening, the wind blowing freft, no canoes ventured to come ne
. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. we kept up this friendly intercourfe by every method in our power, being perfeffly convinced, that a kind and mild treat Z:Z,^' '""'' â¢"''"' of procuring what we wanted from Towards evening, the wind blowing freft, no canoes ventured to come near us, but the weather proving moderate on the oh a number of fmall canoes, and two large ones, came alongS' from whom we purchafed every thing they had worth picking up _ By our obfervation to-day at noon, the place where we now lav . min. North latitude, and . â mirWeft ongitude. From this to the 3d of Auguft, the wefther w â¢T r te and fine : our friends kept bringing us ikins of variL "inds but gave us to underftand, that their own were all fold, and t"⢠' hey were obhged to trade with tribes in diftant parts of he col try, m order to fupply us. They alfo brought us great 2n,Tf excellem freflt falmon, which'we Lughtvery^hpfSfiLl bead for a large filh, indeed they were fo ';,' ,h"f at "1 .me .f we refufed to purchafe. they would throw the fift L boa,T fooner than be at the pains ,0 take them back. T^,e fall' come mto the river iâ innumerable Ihoals, at this feafon of .he year, and are caught by the natives in wears, with the greateft eafe, they are fmoaked and dried in their huts, and mafe .y confiderab e par. of their food during the Winter. What a f elh mftance of the goodnefs of Divine Providence towards ht ' creatures How bouutifnlly he hath provided for fefe plo wretches, ,n â and inhofpitable part o' ,he world Lrel- after tlus, no one can with the difcontented Ifraelites " cl' God fpread a t
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