of the lfthmus of America. 4^ 



6 or 7 Mile from the Shore $ but about the 

 River of Conception, which comes out about R - ? f Cm ~ 

 a Mile or two to the Eaftward of La Sounds^l^^ 

 Key, the main Ridge is fpmewhat further coaft. 

 diftant Many little Brooks fall into the Sea 

 on either fide of that River, and the Out- 

 lets are fome of them in the Sandy Bay, 

 and fome of them among the Mangrove 

 Land 5 the Swamps of which Mangrove are 

 (on this Coaft) made by the Salt Water, 

 fo that the Brooks which come out there are 

 brackifh 5 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 Veffel but 

 Canoas, the Rivers on this part of the Coaft 

 being numerous but (hallow - but the fine 

 Riding in the Channel makes any other 

 Harbour needlefs. I have been up and down Goc $ 

 moft parts of it, and upon many of the Landi?g * 

 Iflands, and there the going afhore is always 

 eafie. But a Sea-wind makes a great Sea 

 fometimes fall in upon the Iflhmm, efpecial- 

 ly where a Channel opens between the 

 Iflands 5 fo that I have been overfet in a 

 Canoa going afhore in one River, and in 

 putting off to Sea from another. The 

 Ground hereabouts is an excellent Soil with- 

 in Land, rifing up gently to the main 

 Ridge, and is a continued Foreft of (lately 

 Timber-Trees. 



Point Sanbal/a is a Rocky Point, pretty Pj\ m sdr* 

 long and low, and is alfo fo guarded v/kh ba!la *> 



• Rocks 



