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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 IST. 

 iN". 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 'N. 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 1G63, 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 wc had passed to 



