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hard ; and within the Points there is a fmall 

 Rock that lies a little under water. On both 

 fides thefe Rocks there's a very good wide 

 Channel for Ships to come in : that on the 

 South- nde is three Cables long, and feven Fa- 

 thom deep ; and that on the North two Cables 

 long. From the two outermoft points the 

 Harbour runs away Eaft a Mile and an half;, 

 and near the middle, on the right hand, a point 

 of Land fhoots out into the Bay : fo that by rai^ 

 fing Forts on the faid Point, on the Rock in the 

 middle of the Entrance, and the two outer- 

 moft Points, it will be the ftrongeft Harbor, 

 both by Art and Nature, that's in the known 

 World. The Bay within is for the moft part 

 6 Fathom Water, and till you come within a 

 Cable's length of the Shoar,' three Fathom and 

 an half: So that a Key may be built, to which 

 great Ships may lay their Sides, and unload. 

 The PemnfuU lies on the left hand, is a mile 

 and an half in length, very fteep,. and high 

 towards the Sea : fo that it would be very dif« 

 ficult for any body to land, till you come to the 

 Ijihmu^^ where there's a fmall fandy Bay that 

 little Ships may put into, but is eafy to be (e- 

 cured by a Ditch and a Fort. There are feveral 

 jittle Rivers of very good Water that fall into 

 the Bay ; and it abounds fo with excellent Fifb, 

 that we can with eafe take more than it's pof 

 fible for us todeftroy, having fometimes caught 

 140 at a draught: amongft others there be 

 Tortoifes, which are excellent Meat, and fbme 

 of them above 600 weight. The 



