fO A Voyage to 



T A shod in -. Whilft we were taken up enquiring for News] and all 

 the Bay ofU rejoicing to be in a Port, after lb long a Voyage, the Sea, 

 Conception- which the North Wind had fwollen very high, fell off to 

 fuch a Degree, that our Keel touch'd a-ftern : Then we per- 

 ceived that we were upon the Tail of a Shoal which ap- 

 pealed to the N. N. E. about a Cable's Length diftant. We 

 immediately fell to tow off to tlie Southward : The com- 

 mon Concern made all Men work with Vigour and hav- 

 ing at length found five Fathom Water under the Ship, we 

 i^oor'd N.N. E. and S.S.W. with much Trouble,- for, 

 ; befides the holding of the Anchors funk in the Owze, 

 which could not be weighed without much Labour, we 

 had the Inconveniency of a vaft heavy Rain. 



The Definition of the Bay of La Conception. 



I)Y the Relation of this Accident it appears, that there 

 are Marks to be obferv'd for coming to an Anchor in 

 the Bay of La Conception, tho' it be beautiful, and two 

 Leagues wide from Eaft to Weft, by three from North to 

 South. There are but two good Anchoring-Places in 

 Winter, to be under Shelter from the North Winds, 

 which are violent, and much to be apprehended during 

 five Months in the Year. The one of them is at the South 

 Point of £jtiriquin&, in ten or twelve Fathom Water,; a 

 'Cable's Length from the Shore: This, tho s very good, 

 and flielter'd from thofe Winds, is not much frequented^ 

 becanfe too remote from the Town and from the Con- 

 tinent. 



The other is at the Bottom of the Bay, near the Village 

 of Talcaguana y in five or fix Fathom Water, the Bottom 

 B&rkiuy* foft black Gwze. To come to this, Care muft betaken 

 void this to avoid the Tail of the Shoal I have juft fpoken of, which 

 ftretches out a Quarter of a League E. S. E. from what ap- 

 pears at Low-Water, where there are but three Fathom* 

 To ftiun it, a Ship drawing near the Land on the Starboard- 

 Side, is to keep a little low uneven Cage at the End of the 



Bay, 



