302 Mr. WAFERS Voyages, &c. 



afford the Privateers.] The outer moft Keys to- 

 wards the main Sea, are rocky on that Side (and 

 are called the Riffe Keys ;) their oppofite Sides are 

 faftdy, as the innermoit Keys or Iflands are. And 

 there is a Ridge alfo of Rocks lying off at Sea on 

 the Out-fide, which appear above Water at fome 

 half a Mile diftan£e, and extend in length as far as 

 La Sound's Key, if not farther, and even the Sea 

 between, and the Shore of the Samballoes it felf on 

 that Side, is all rocky. 

 Channel The long Channel between the Samballoes and the 

 of the ftlhmus is of 2, 3 and 4 Miles breadth; and the 

 ** mhAlloes Shore of the Ifthmus is partly Sandy Bays, and part- 

 ly Mangrove Land, quite to Point Samballas. The 

 Mountains are much at the fame Diftance of 6 or 7 

 R. of c^- Mile from the Shore *, but about the River of Con* 

 te P r *° n * n ^ception y which comes out about a Mile or 2 to the 

 CoafL Eaftward of La Sound's Key, the main Ridge is 

 fomewhat further diftant. Many little Brooks fall 

 into the Sea on either Side of that River, and the 

 Outlets are fome of them in the Sandy Bay, and 

 fome of them among the Mangrove Land \ the 

 Swamps of which Mangrove are fon this Coafl) 

 made by the Salt Water, fo that the Brooks which 

 come out there are brack ifh ; but thofe in the Sandy 

 Bay yield very fweet Water. None of thefe Out- 

 lets, not the River of Conception it felf, are deep 

 enough to admit of any Veflel but Canoas, the Ri- 

 vers on this part of the Coaft being numerous but 

 fhallow \ but the fine Riding in the Channel makes 

 Good any other Harbour needlefs. I have been up and 

 Landing, down moft Parts of it, and upon many of the t- 

 flands, and there the going afhore is always eafy. 

 Bift a Sea-wind makes a great Sea fometimes fall 

 in upon the Iftbmus y efpecially where a Channel o- 

 pens between the Iflands fo that I have been over- 

 fet in a Canoa going afliore in one River, and in put- 

 ting off to Sea from another. The Ground herea- 



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