The Natural Historic 



Ocacock Inlet lyes in the Latitude of 35 Degrees 8 Min- 

 utes. It is one of the best Inlets in this Country, having thir- 

 teen Foot at low Water upon the Barr. There are two Chan- 

 nels, One is but narrow, and lyes close aboard the South 

 Cape; the Other in the middle, viz. Between the middle 

 Ground and the South Shoar, and is above half a Mile wide. 

 The Barr itself is but half a Cables length over ; then you are 

 in 7 or 8 Fathom Water, and an excellent good Harbour. 

 The Course into the Sound is IST. E". W. at High Water, and 

 l^eip Tides here is 18 Foot Water. It lies S. W. from Hat- 

 teras Inlet. 



Port Beaufort, or Topsail Inlet, lyes in the latitude 34 

 Degrees and 44 Minutes, and is above two Leagues to the 

 Westward of Cape Look-out, where you have a fair Channel 

 over the Barr, and two Fathom Water thereon, and a good 

 Harbour, in five or six Fathom, to come to an Anchor. Your 

 Course over this Barr is almost N. W. 



Cape Fear Inlet lyes in the Latitude of 33 Degrees 53 

 Minutes ; it is the best in all North Carolina, where you have 

 7 Fathom Water at the Barr. You have likewise a fine Har- 

 bour, and can come with safety to an Anchor 5 or 6 Leagues 

 up the Biver. 



And notwithstanding it is so commodious for IN'avigation, 

 yet few or no Planters settled here till within these few 

 Years, but now in all Appearance, it seems to be the most 

 rising Part of all this Province ; there being now many Sub- 

 stantial Planters settled there, and are become very Rich 

 within the space of 'Nine or Ten Years, it being little fre- 

 quented or inhabited before that Time, viz. in the Year 1723. 



Most of the other Inlets that I have already mentioned, are 

 so very incommodious for Trade, that they are little fre- 

 quented 



