3i8 HISTORY OF THE 



" Sir William Monfon, who was one of the moft 

 experienced Teamen England ever bred, in the 4th 

 book of his Naval Tracts takes notice, that from die 

 iiland of Rona off Scotland, and between 15 and 16 

 leagues from the ifland of Lewis, there runs a bank 

 of 100 miles in length, and as far as Till Head in 

 Ireland, which bank affords a great quantity of the 

 bed cod and ling of any part of the feas, which had 

 not for one hundred and odd years been ufed; fince 

 his time above another century has elapfed, and yet 

 thefe bountiful gifts of Providence remain equally 

 negle&ed. 



cc In the year 1740, John Atkin, mafter of the 

 Friendship of Air, coming from Virginia round the 

 north of Ireland, when about 30 leagues weft by 

 their reckoning from the ifland Tory, faw diftinctly 

 a fhoal under water, about 50 yards from the veffel, 

 on which he judged there might be about four feet 

 of water. This he publifhed an account of in print, 

 for the information of others, to which he fubjoins 

 that about 15 or 20 leagues N. W. N. from the 

 ifland Tory, there is a bank on which there is from 

 25 to 30 fathom water. 



" In October 1746, the commanders Kelly, John- 

 fton, and Thornton, failing in company from Vir- 

 ginia for Liverpool, about 25 leagues weft from 

 Tory iflandj heaved the lead each of them, and 

 found 65 and 70 fathom fand and fhells; between 

 that and Ireland they founded again^ and found no 

 bottom : this information is from Mr. Lowns, a 

 merchant of repute in Liverpool, who was on board 

 one of the fhips^ and made them put tallow on the 

 lead, which otherwife would have been omitted. 



<c About the year 1756, Mr. Bachop of London- 

 derry, coming from Philadelphia, was becalmed 

 about 22 leagues N. W. of the ifland of Tory, with- 

 out fight of land; he founded, and found the depth 

 30 fathom; then throwing out fome fifning lines, 

 catched about 150 cod in two hours time; the wind 



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