[Astoria by Washington Irving]@TWC D-Link bookAstoria CHAPTER VIII 9/12
No slave is permitted to bestow this enviable deformity upon his child; all the slaves, therefore, are roundheads. With this worthy tribe of Chinooks the two partners passed a part of the day very agreeably.
M'Dougal, who was somewhat vain of his official rank, had given it to be understood that they were two chiefs of a great trading company, about to be established here, and the quick-sighted, though one-eyed chief, who was somewhat practiced in traffic with white men, immediately perceived the policy of cultivating the friendship of two such important visitors.
He regaled them, therefore, to the best of his ability, with abundance of salmon and wappatoo.
The next morning, April 7th, they prepared to return to the vessel, according to promise. They had eleven miles of open bay to traverse; the wind was fresh, the waves ran high.
Comcomly remonstrated with them on the hazard to which they would be exposed.
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