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to bring them in ; for it lies convenient for a large 

 part of this colony whose product would very ea- 

 sily allow of that charge, latitude 35 50'. 



The inlet of Hatteras lies to the westward of 

 the Cape, round which is an excellent harbour. 

 When the wind blows hard at JS". or E". E., if you 

 keep a small league from the Cape point, you will 

 have three, four and five fathom, the outermost 

 shoals lying about seven or eight leagues from 

 shore. As you come into the inlet keep close to 

 Jie south breakers, till you are over the bar, 

 ^here you will have two fathom at low water. 

 You may come to an anchor in two fathom and a 

 half when you are over, then steer over close 

 abroad the north shore, where is four fathom close 

 to a point of marsh ; then stir up the sound a long 

 league, till you bring the north Cape of the inlet 

 to bear S. S. E. half E., then steer "W. K "W"., the 

 east point of bluff land at Hatteras bearing E. N. 

 E. the southernmost large hammock towards 

 Ocacock, bearing S. S. "W. half S. then you are 

 in the sound, over the bar of sand, whereon is 

 but six feet water ; then your course to Pampti- 

 cough is almost west. It flows on these three bars 

 S. E. by E. one-fourth E. about eight o'clock, 

 unless there is a hard gale of wind at K. E. which 

 will make it flow two hours longer ; but as soon 

 as the wind is down the tides will have their nat- 

 ural course. A hard gale at "N. or ET. W. will 

 make the water ebb, sometimes twenty-four hours, 

 but still the tide will ebb and flow though not seen 



