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by the turning thereof, but may be seen by the 

 rising of the water and falling of the same, lat- 

 itude 35 20'. 



Ocacock is the best inlet and harbour yet in this 

 country ; and has thirteen feet at low water upon 

 the bar. There are two channels, one is but nar- 

 row and lies close aboard the south Cape ; the oth- 

 er in the middle, viz : between the middle ground 

 and the south shore, and is above half a mile wide. 

 The bar itself is but half a cable's length over, and 

 then you are in seven or eight fathom water ; a 

 good harbour. The course into the sound is ST. 

 1ST. "W. at high water, and neap tides here is eigh- 

 teen feet water ; it lies S. W. from Hatteras inlet, 

 latitude 35 8'. 



Topsail inlet is above two leagues to the west- 

 ward of Cape Lookout. You have a fair channel 

 over the bar, and two fathom thereon, and a good 

 harbour in five or six fathom to come to an anchor. 

 Your course over this bar is almost ET. W., lati- 

 tude 34 44'. 



As for the inlet and river of Cape Fair, I cannot 

 give you a better information thereof, than has 

 been already delivered by the gentlemen who 

 were sent on purpose from Barbados, to make a 

 discovery of that river, in the year 1663, which is 

 thus : 



From Tuesday, the 29th of September, to Fri- 

 day the 2nd of October, we ranged along the shore 

 from lat. 32 20' to lat. 33 11', but could discern 

 no entrance for our ship, after we had passed to 



