. Eine Reise um die Welt [microform]: aber insbesondere auf die Nordwestküste von Amerika, 1785, 1786, 1787 und 1788, in der King George und Queen Charlotte, Kapitäne Portlock und Dixon: gewidmet, mit Genehmigung von Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. Weltreisen; Botanik; Botanique. Norden - die WESTKÜSTE VON AMERIKA. la^ ein Mann oder eine Frau, konnten wir nicht erfahren. Die Frauen sind jedoch 1786 ftill tabuisiert waren, und keiner fufFered in der Nähe der Tanne zu kommen; 3. Dezember. Etwa um Mitternacht, unsere fmall Bower-Kabel getrennt in einem fudden guft von Wind, auf dem wir die beft Bower gehen. Auf wogende in der ca

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. A voyage round the world [microform] : 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 : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart.. Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. la^ a man or woman, we could not learn. The women, however, 1786. were ftill tabooed, and none fufFered to come near the fir; 3» December. About midnight, our fmall bower-cable parted In a fudden guft of wind, on which we let go the beft bower. On heaving in the cable, we found it very much hurt, which we fufpefted to be done by the foulnefs of the bottom. The former part of the i8th was fpent in fearching for our anchor, which we did not find till noon, the buoy being funk. No time was loft in attempting to get it on board; and about fix in the afternoon, we had nearly effe^ed our purpofe, when a fud- den fquall coming on, fnapt the haufer which we had bent to that part of the cable remaining to the anchor, when it was almoft at the bows. This was a vexatious circumftance, and we were afraid that the recovering our anchor would be attended with difficulty, as the evening was lowering, and feemed to forebode tempeftuous weather J but as night came on, the fky cleared up, and the next morning proved fine, with little or no wind, fo that we got the anchor on board by eleven o'clock. We now were fupplied with hogs and vegetables, in tolerable plenty, but no women were fuiFered to come on board the (hips : the reafon for this, we underftood was, a woman had becndeteaed eating pork on board one of the vefi'els. It feems the women are always tabooed from eating pork on fliore, and breaking through reftriaions of this fort, is reckoned a crime of the firft magnitude ; nay, we were afllired, that the poor wretch had fallen a viaim to the laws of her country, and had aftually been offered as a facrifice, to appeafe, I fuppofe, the wrath of their

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