SECT.

I. The Ships enter the Sound, and moor in a Harbour.
Intercourse with the Natives. Articles brought to barter.
Thefts committed. The Observatories erected, and Carpenters
set to work. Jealousy of the Inhabitants of the Sound to
prevent other Tribes having Intercourse with the Ships. Stormy
and rainy Weather. Progress round the Sound. Behaviour of the
Natives at their Villages. Their Manner of drying Fish, &c.
Remarkable Visit from Strangers, and introductory Ceremonies.
A second Visit to one of the Villages. Leave to cut Grass,
purchased. The Ships sail. Presents given and received at
parting, 207

II. The Name of the Sound, and Directions for Sailing into
it. Account of the adjacent Country. Weather. Climate. Trees.
Other Vegetable Productions. Quadrupeds, whose Skins were
brought for Sale. Sea Animals. Description of a Sea-Otter.
Birds. Water Fowl. Fish. Shell-fish, &c. Reptiles. Insects.
Stones, &c. Persons of the Inhabitants. Their Colour. Common
Dress and Ornaments. Occasional Dresses, and monstrous
Decorations of wooden Masks. Their general Dispositions.
Songs. Musical Instruments. Their Eagerness to possess Iron
and other Metals, 221

III. Manner of Building the Houses in Nootka Sound. Inside
of them described. Furniture and Utensils. Wooden Images.
Employments of the Men. Of the Women. Food, Animal and
Vegetable. Manner of preparing it. Weapons. Manufactures and