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the Northwest until evening, and ranne about some 15. 

 leagues. All along this shore wee sawe very goodly 

 mountaines within the land, and many plaines and downes 

 with some few trees, & the sea shore was all sandy. In 

 ^mall rocks ^ the midst of this dayes course we found certaine small 

 ca Jed Los Din- fockes in the sea 4. leagues distant from the maine, were 

 the said land maketh a great point into the sea, and here 

 we stayed the rest of the night, where we had a very 

 great shower of raine. The day following we proceeded 

 on our voyage, and sailed untill night by a compasse or 

 turning, some 8. or 9. leagues, and saw within land a 

 few mountaines having no trees upon them, but the 

 Sunne shining alwayes very cleare, as farre as wee could 

 descry, they were very great, on the Westerne shore of 

 the haven of Santa Cruz. Here we stayed all night 

 because we found very shallow water and sawe the sea 

 very white, and in a maner like to chalke, so that we all 

 beganne to marveile thereat. The day following wee 

 went forward againe along the coast Northwestward, and 

 sailed eight leagues, and saw another land which stretched 

 Northwest, and was full of high mountaines. And still 

 continuing this course we searched very diligently to see 

 if there were any passage through betweene both the 

 landes, for right forward wee sawe no land. And thus 

 sayling wee alwayes found more shallow water, and the 

 Sea thicke, blacke, and very muddie, and came at length 

 into five fadome water ; and seeing this, wee determined 

 to passe over to the land which wee had scene on the 

 other side, and here likewise wee found as little depth 

 and lesse, whereupon we rode all night in ^y^ fadome 

 water, and wee perceived the Sea to runne with so great a 

 rage into the land, that it was a thing much to be 

 marveilled at, and with the like fury it returned backe 

 againe with the ebbe ; during which time wee found 11. 

 fadome water, and the flood and ebbe continued from 

 sixe to sixe houres. 



The day following the Captaine and Pilote went up 

 to the shippes top, and sawe all the lande full of sand in 



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