of North Carolina. 



Currituck, often shifts by the violence of the N. E. Storms ; 

 both these Inlets lying exposed to the said Winds. Not- 

 withstanding a considerable Trade is carried on by the As- 

 sistance of Pilots, this part of the Country being very Fer- 

 tile, and the Planters Rich. 



Hatteras Inlet lyes in the Latitude of 35 Degrees and 20 

 Minutes, it lyes to the Westward of the Cape, round which is 

 an excellent Harbour, when the Wind blows hard a N. or 

 N. E. If you keep a small League from the Cape Point, you 

 will have three, four, or five Eathom Water, the outermost 

 Shoals lying about seven or eight Leagues from the Shoar. 

 As you come into the Inlet, keep close to the South Breakers, 

 till you are over, whereon you may have tw^o Eathom at low 

 Water. You may come to an Anchor at two Eathom and a 

 half; when you are over, then steer close aboard the TvTorth 

 Shoar, where is four Eathom close to a Point of Marsh; 

 then steer uj) the Sound a long League, till you bring the 

 A^rth Cape of the Inlet to S. S. E. half E. then steer W. 

 N. W. the last Point of the Bluff Land at Hutteras, bearing 

 E. N. E. the Southermost large Hamoch, towards Ocacock, 

 bearing S. S. W. half S. then you are in the Sound, over 

 the Barr of Sand, whereon is but six Eoot Water, then your 

 Course to Pamticoe is almost West. 



It flows on these three Barrs S. E. by E. % E. about Eight 

 of the Clock, unless there is a very hard Gale of Wind at 

 1^. E. which will make it flow two Hours longer, but as soon 

 as the Winds are down, the Tides will have their natural 

 Course. A hard Gale at ]^. I^. W. will make the Waters 

 Ebb sometimes 24 Hours, but still the Tides wdll Ebb and 

 Flow, though not seen by the turning thereof, but may be ob- 

 serv'd by the rising of the Waters, and falling of the same at 

 the Shears. 



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