“At about eight o'clock we got out of the river, which discharges itself by various
channels into an arm of the sea.”

Tue InpIAN VILLAGE, AT BELLA CooLa

In following the track extracts are quoted in the
exact words of the Journal and interpreted step by step

with the aid of the sketch.

“At about eight we got out of the river, which discharges itself
by various channels into an arm of the sea. The tide was out, and
had left a large space covered with seaweed. The surrounding hills
were involved in fog. The wind was at West, which was ahead of us,
and very strong; the bay appearing to be from one to three miles in
breadth.’

“At two in the afternoon the swell was so high, and the wind,
which was against us, so boisterous, that we could not proceed with
our leaky vessel, we therefore landed in a small cove on the right side
of the bay. Opposite to us appeared another small bay, in the mouth
of which is an island, and where, according to the information of the
Indians, a river discharges itself that abounds in salmon.’’”

“T had flattered myself with the hope of getting a distance of the
moon and stars, but the cloudy weather continually disappointed
me, and I began to fear that I should fail in this important object;

uP, 341, Mackenzie’s Voyages
12 P, 341, Mackenzie’s Voyages.

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