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for a Mile in fome places, in others two 

 from the Shore. At the North Weft end 

 of thefe Rocks, is a fine little Sandy Bay, 

 with good anchoring and going afhore, as is 

 reported by feveral Privateers : And the end 

 of the Rocks on the one fide, and fome of 

 the Sdmbaloes Iflands, fthe Range of which 

 begins from hence) on the other fide, guard 

 it from the Sea, and make it a very good 

 Harbour. This, ^ as well as the reft, is 

 much frequented by Privateers 5 and is by Tickle • me 

 thofe of our Country call'd, Tickle me quickly 

 Harbour. 



All along from hence to Point Sanballas, sambaiioes 

 lie the Samfat/oeslRmds, a great multitude of Ifles - 

 them fcattering in a row , and collaterally 

 too, at very unequal diftances, fome of one, 

 fome two, or two Mile and a half, from the 

 Shore, and from one another 5 which, with 

 the adjacent Shore, its Hills and perpetual 

 Woods, make a lovely Landfchape off at 

 Sea. There are a great many more of thefe 

 Iflands than could well be reprefented in the 

 Map 5 fome of them alfo being very fmall. 

 They feem to lie parcell'd out in Clufters, as 

 it were $ between which, generally, there are 

 Navigable Channels, by which you may en- 

 ter within them 5 and the Sea between the 

 whole Range and the Ifthmm is navigable 

 from end to end, and affords every where 

 good anchoring, in hard fandy Ground, and 

 good Landing on the Iflands. and Main. In 



