of John Cockburo, &c. 1 7 1 



plorable; but on the fixth Day, at Sun- 

 rife, the Weather proved calm, and then 

 the Indians asked me what they fhould do. I 

 told them, if they would paddle heartily, 

 we Ihould find Land, which I knew we 

 could not fail of, if we made to the North- 

 ward, for the Land lay Eaft and Weft, and 

 the Wind was about South Eaft. They 

 followed my Direftions, and the next Day 

 we difcovered Land, which the Indians faid 

 was Point Mala, which is a Reef of Rocks 

 running out three Leagues into the Sea ; and 

 if we could but get about this, then they 

 faid we ftiould find a fandy Beak, which 

 ran on forty Leagues together, where we 

 might come to a * Killet every Night ; and 

 withal, that we might get plenty of Water 

 whenever we pleafed, which as much as any 

 Thing induced us to ufe our utmoft Endea- 

 vour to weather this bad Point ; but in the 

 very firft Attempt we were fruftrated, the 

 Wind beginning to blow fo hard, that we 

 were obliged to defift from our Enterprise, 

 and by this one Effort, we faw too plainly 



*- A Killet is in the Nature of an Anchor, but made of 

 Wood, 



into 



