2 An Hi/î cried Journal of 



fome Minutes Amufement ; to keep, as well as I can, the Promifi 

 J made you. 



We Haid in the Road of Jix the ift of July, and the 2d we got 

 under Sail by Favour of a fmall Breeze from the North-Eaft. The 

 three firll Days we had fcarce any Wind, but yet it was in our Fa- 

 vour, and we comforted ourfelves, becaufe this made the Sea very 

 pleafant. It looked as if it wanted to flatter us, before it fhewe'd 

 itfelf in it's worft Humour. The 4th or the5th the Wind changed, 

 and came diredly againft us, the Sea ran high, and for near fix 

 Weeks we were tolTed in a very extraordinary Manner ; the 

 Winds changed continually, but they were oftner againft than 

 for us, and we were almoft always obliged to fail as near the 

 Wind as poffible. 



The 9th of Auguft our Pilots thought themfelves upon the 

 A Defcription of the ^^'^^ ^^^'^ of Ne^jfoundland, and they 

 Great BanL """"l "^^'^ miftaken But from the 



9th to the 16th we made fcarce any Way» 

 What they call the Great Bank of 'NenxifQundland^ is properly a 

 Mountain hid under Water, about 600 Leagues from to 

 the Weft. The Sieur Denysy who has given us a very good 

 Work of North America^ and a very inftrudive Treatife on the 

 Cod Fiftiery, makes this Mountain extend 150 Leagues from 

 Korth to South ; but according to the moft exa6l Sea Charts, it 

 begins on the South Side, in 41 Degrees North Latitude^ and it's 

 Northern End is in 49 Degrees 25 Minutes, The Truth is, it's 

 two extremities grow fo narrow, that it is difficult to mark it's 

 Bounds. It's greateft Width from Eaft^ to Weft, is about 90 

 French and Englijh Sea Leagues ; between 40 and 49 Degrees of 

 Longitude. I have heard fome Seamen fay, that they have caft 

 Anchor in five Fathom Water, which is againft the Sieur DenjSy 

 who fays, that he never found lefs than 25 on the Bank; it is 

 Certain that in many Places there are above 60. About the Mid- 

 dle of it's Length on the Side of Europe, it forms a kind of Bay, 

 which they call the Pit ; and this is the Reafon, that of two Ships 

 which are upon the fame Line, and in Sight of each other, one 

 ihall find Ground, and the other none. 



p Before we arrive at the Great Bank we meet v/ith a fmaller one, 

 which is called the Jacquet Bank : Some fay there is another be- 

 fore this, which is of a conical Figuré ; but I have feen fome 

 Pilots who of the three make but one, and they anfwer the 

 Objedlions v/hich are made to this, by faying that there are Hol- 

 lows in the Great Bank, the Depth of which has deceived thofe who 

 make three of it, becaufe they did not let out Line fufticient. 

 Whatever may be the Figure and Extent of this Mountain, 

 which it is impolTible to know exaélly, they find here a prodi- 

 gious Quantity of Shells, and many kinds of Fifli of all Sizes ; 



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