sale were chiefly skins, or furs, of the bear, wolf, fox, deer, lynx, martin, ermine, beaver, and sea otter; garments made of these skins, flaxen mantles, and woollen robes, such as they wore; their bows, arrows, spears, and other weapons; fishhooks, pieces of carved work, and sundry ornaments: in exchange for which, they received knives, chisels, nails, buttons, &c. They traded pretty fairly yet were rather grasping, taking payment for the grass that was cut for the sheep and goats on board, and asking it even for wood and water. In several instances, however, they were guilty of pilfering; and, having iron tools, they were rather dangerous thieves. Finding the trade with the ships lucrative, the people of the Sound wished to engross it to themselves; and quarrelled, in some cases, with the numerous strangers who came hither in canoes, to visit the British. They also appeared to carry on a trade with more distant tribes, procuring with their British articles, fresh cargoes of skins and curiosities, to sell to the ships; for which purpose, some of them were absent four or five days together.
Here our navigators remained four weeks, during which the masts and rigging of the Resolution underwent a thorough repair; the mizen-mast was entirely renewed, and much work done on the main-mast, and fore-mast: the adjacent forests supplying them with excellent timber. No tropical fruits or roots could be got here; but spruce beer was brewed for the crew, who were also supplied with excellent fish, which the natives sold on reasonable terms. The productions of the place, both animal and vegetable, corresponded, in many respects, with those of Europe.
