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the South South Weft, we unmoored, and hove fhort, ^ "^^ ^• 

 ready for getting out of the bay, and proceeding up the — ^— — » 

 Sound. But about five the weather grew very thick, and April. 

 the wind ihifted to the North Eaft, which induced me to " ^^ ^^' 

 veer away, and fteady the fliip with the kedge. During 

 the 28th we had light variable winds, withcalms by turns; Saturday '28. 

 but next morning at three o'clock the weather again grew Sunday 29. 

 favourable, and a breeze fpringing up at Eaft, we unmoored 

 fliip, weighed, and failed out of the bay. I was in hopes, 

 that after getting out, we fhould take the fiood-tide, and 

 be enabled to get fome leagues up the channel ; but we 

 found the tide very faint, and the wind directly againft 

 us. Indeed, I have reafon to think that the flood-tide 

 hardly ever has any ftrength in this fituation ; but the ebb, 

 is much ftronger, owing to the great frefhes that are al- 

 ways running out. At feven o'clock, finding we got no 

 ground, we bore up, and run into the bay again, and an- 

 chored nearly in our former fituation. 



Immediately after anchoring, I fet oft", accompanied 

 by Captain Dixon in his whale-boat, in queft of Indians, 

 and to examine the coaft of Montague Iftand up towards 

 the Sound. As we rowed along, we found a bold ihore, 

 with anchorage in thirty fathoms water over a muddy bot- 

 tom, about a mile from the land. After rowing about 

 five leagues from the fhips, we came to a deep wide bay 

 where veflels may fafely ride at anchor, in from twenty to 

 ten fathoms water over a muddy bottom. In ten fathoms 

 the fituation is near the bottom of the bay, and about 

 half a mile from the fhore; but the beft anchorage feems 

 to be neareft the South fide, and no nearer the land than 

 in ten or twelve fathoms water. We landed on the North 



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