lo T^he Bay of Delaware, 



fite Arcadia in Maryland, in thirty-feven 

 deg. fifty min. North lat. 



We coafted the fliores of Maryland all 

 the day, but not being able to reach cape 

 Hinlopen, where we intended to take a pi- 

 lot on board, we cruized all night before 

 the bay of Delaware. The darknefs of the 

 night made us exped: a rain, but we found 

 that only a copious fall of dew enfued, 

 which made our coats quite wet, and the 

 pages of a book, accidently left open on 

 the deck, were in half an hours time after 

 fun-fetting likewife wet, and we were told 

 by the captain and the failors that both in 

 England and in America a copious dew was 

 commonly followed by a hot and fultry 

 day. 



September the 14th. We faw land on 

 our larboard in the weft, which appeared 

 to be low, white, fandy, and higher up the 

 country covered with firs, cape Hinlopen 

 is a head of land running into the fea from 

 the weftern {hore, and has a village on it. 

 The eaftern fhore belongs here to New Jer- 

 fey, and the weftern to Penfylvania. The 

 bay of Delaware has many fands, and from 

 four to eleven fathom water. 



The fine woods of oak, hiccory and firs 

 covering both ftiores made a fine appear- 

 ance, and were partly employed in fhip- 



building 



