. A voyage round the world, but more particularly to the north-west coast of America [microform] : 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 around the world; Botany; Zoology; Voyages autour du monde; Botanique; Zoologie. NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. 105 a man or woman, we could not lean. The women, however, 1786. were ftill tabooed, and none fufFered to come near the iliips. I^^^cembtr. About midnight, our fmall bower-cable parted in a fuddcn gufl of wind, on whic
. A voyage round the world, but more particularly to the north-west coast of America [microform] : 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 around the world; Botany; Zoology; Voyages autour du monde; Botanique; Zoologie. NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. 105 a man or woman, we could not lean. The women, however, 1786. were ftill tabooed, and none fufFered to come near the iliips. I^^^cembtr. About midnight, our fmall bower-cable parted in a fuddcn gufl of wind, on which we let go the beft bower. On heaving in the cable, we found it very much hurt, which we fufpecled to be done by the foulnefs of the bottom. The fornier part of the iSth was fpent in fearching for our anchor, which we did not find till noon, the buoy being funk. No time was loft in attempting to get it on board; and about fix in the afternoon, we had nearly effefted our purpofc, when a fiid- i\Qi\ fquall coming on, fnapt the haufer which we had bent to that part of the cable remaining to the anchor, when it v/as almoft at the bows. This was a vexatious circumllance, and we were afraid that the recovering our anchor would be attended with difficulty, as the evening was lowering, and feemed to forebode tempeftuous weather J but as night came on, the fky cleared up, and the next morning proved fine, with little or no wind, fo that we got the anchor on board by eleven o'clock. We now were fiipplicd with hogs and vegetables, in tolerable plenty, but no women were fujfteied to come on board the (liips : the rcaibn for this, we luiderftood was, a woman had been detected eating poik on board one of the vellels. It feems the women are always tabooed from eating pork on lliore, and breaking throuiih reftrlclions of this fort, is reckoned a crime of tlie firll mae^nitude ; nay, we were allured, that the poor wretch had fallen a victim to the laws of her country, and had aiSlunlly ;.rc'i
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