A voyage round the world; 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 . outh. Early iu tlic nioming of the 21ft, I went on fhore in fcarch of a convenient place for wooding and watering thefliips. I landed on a fine fmooth beach at the head of the?bay, and about a mile diftant from the fhip ; near which1 found a run of good frefti water. An opening, whichfrom the fhip had tlie appearance of a creek, was found tobe a narrow entrance leading to a fait water lake.
A voyage round the world; 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 . outh. Early iu tlic nioming of the 21ft, I went on fhore in fcarch of a convenient place for wooding and watering thefliips. I landed on a fine fmooth beach at the head of the?bay, and about a mile diftant from the fhip ; near which1 found a run of good frefti water. An opening, whichfrom the fhip had tlie appearance of a creek, was found tobe a narrow entrance leading to a fait water lake. Herewas wood of different kinds in great abundance, fuch aspine, black birch, witch hazle, and poplar. Many of thepines were large enough for lower mafts for a fhip of 400tons burden ; and in every place were plants and fhrubs ofvarious forts growing with great ftrength and vigour. How-ever, this not being a very convenient fituation for gettingwood to du boats, 1 proceeded up the harbour to look fora place better adapted for our purpoie; I POUND ,>/ ,il,v,; -/•Ioinl \;iil:ill>.n ,.7. r** X02 AVOYAGETOTHE ^ -^ ^- although it was tiood-tide. This I could no way account*-—-:—t for, but by fuppofing that we were in the entrance of ajuiy. ftrcight, leading out diredtly to fea. i TharfJay20. 1 A LIGHT breeze coming on foon afterwards, enabled us to work well into the harbour; and at haU paft fevenoclock wc anchored in eleven fathoms water, over abottom of black muddy land, and moored with the beft I bower to the fea, and the ftream cable bent to a fpare an- chor towards the fliore. When moored, the inner pointof the bay bore Eaft South Eaft, diftant about three cableslength, and the point forming the North entrance into theharbour, Weft North Weft, half a mile diftant; VolcanoMount, in Cooks River, Weft North Weft, half North,and Mount St. Auguftine, South Weft by South. Friday 21. Early in the morning of the 21ft, I went on fhore in fearch of a conveni
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