etc' 



The Natural History 



Between these Islands and Sand Banks, are Inlets of sev- 

 eral depths of Water, some admitting only of Sloops, Scoon- 

 ers, Brigantines, and Vessels of small Burthen, and such are 

 Currituck Inlet, New Inlet, Roanoke, Gun Inlet, Hatieras, 

 New Inlet, Huntitigton-quarter Inlet, Drum Inlet, Bogus 

 Inlet, Bear Inlet, Browns Inlet, Little Inlet, New River 

 Inlet, Stumpy Inlet, Sandy Inlet, Rich Inlet, Barren Inlet, 

 Broad Inlet, Sliole Inlet, Cabbage Inlet, Wachestau Inlet, 

 T^a/iacaw Inlet, and North Inlet: many of these being only 

 !N'avigable for Periaugers and small Crofts, by reason of 

 their many Shoals which are continually shifting by the 

 violence of Storms, and particularly, ^orth East Winds, to 

 which they are mostly exposed. Others are large and deep, 

 and receive Ships of Burthen, such are Ocacok, Beaufort, or 

 Topsail Inlet, and Cape Fear. 



I will here give an Account of the most considerable Inlets 

 and Havens of this Country. And first, Currituck Inlet, it 

 being the Northermost of this Province, it lyes in the Lati- 

 tude of 36 Degi'ees and 30 Minutes, and the Course over it is 

 S. W. by W. having not above seven or eight Foot Water on 

 the Barr, though a good Harbour when you are over, where 

 you may ride safe and deep enough. But this part of the 

 Sound is so full of Shoals, continually shifting, and Oyster 

 Banks, as not to suffer any thing except Periaugers to Trade 

 through it to Vessels that ride near the Inlet, it not being 

 !N"avigable or safe for any Croft that draws above four or 

 five Foot at most, to pass through it, which renders it very 

 incommodious for Trade. 



Roanoke Inlet, lyes in the Latitude of 35 Degrees and 

 50 Minutes, and has about ten Foot and a half Water upon 

 the Barr ; the Course over it is almost West, which brings 

 you through the best of the Channel. This Barr, as well 



Currituck 



