JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO N. W. AMERICA. 193 evening he & his people left us, much pleased with the reception they had experienced. 31st. The whole of the Nootkan people seamed in mo- tion to visit the vessel, & we soon had about 25 canoes around the vessel. From the scarcity of European goods among them, it was pretty evident they seldom had any opportunity of seeing vessels. Most of them were in a happy state of ignorance of rum & tobacco ; old Moaquilla was the only exception to the remark, & he was much pleased with a little rum & water, which a Queen Char- lotte Islander would have rejected with contempt & de- manded wine. Our new friends brought us plenty of provisions, as Salmo Solar, Pleuronectes rhombus & Clupea pilchardus, the berries of Gaultheria Shallon, a sp. of Allium, & the roots of Phalangium esculentum. August 1st. In the forenoon I had the opportunity of landing for a few minutes, & although my time was so limited, I succeeded in procuring two species of Compos- ite [?] I had not before seen, & in picking up a few Fuci on the rocks. A short time after we returned to the ship we found that one of the iron hooks used in hoisting in the boat had been stolen, & the canoe in which the thief was had paddled of[f] with great dispatch. We had the pleasure of witnessing the disapprobation this conduct excited among his countrymen, & a canoe was instantly sent in pursuit of him & returned in a short time with the property.
- d. My herborising yesterday had attracted the notice
of the Indians & one of the most intelligent among them brought me a Monoecius plant I had not before detected. To encourage this disposition I gave him a few presents & I doubt but [not] he may bring many more interesting plants.
