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two Leagues and half more to the Weftward we had 

 ten Fathom lefs, and pafs'd the Night, heaving the Lead 

 every two Hours, the fame Depth and Bottom. 

 JfUnd ofs. At Break of Day we faw Land, being fix Leagues Weft 

 Katharine, of our fecond Sounding: We foon knew the lfland of Gal y 

 by its Shape and fome little white Spots which are taken 

 for Ships at a Diftance, and by little Rocks or Iflands that 

 are near it; and it then bore W. and by S. from us, about 

 eight or nine Leagues diftant. We heavM the Lead, and 

 found 55 Fathom Water, the Bottom fine Sand, andowzy. 

 At length we had an Obfervation, a League and half from 

 that lfland to S. and by E. and about three Leagues Eaft from 

 the North-point of S. Katharine's lfland the Latitude 27 

 SeePtoelii. Degrees,, rz Minutes South. Thus it appeared to us. 



A League and half farther Weft, we found 20 Fathom 

 Water, the Bottom owzy Sand, more gray than before :■ 

 We coittgau'd heaving the Lead at equal Diftances, the 

 Depth ot Water decreafing regularly,, to fix Fathom, the 

 Bottom gray Owze, where we came to an Anchor, between 

 the lfland of S. Katharine and the Continent, the lfland of 

 Gal bearing N. E. and by E. about three Leagues diftant, 

 in a Line with the two moft Northerly Points of S. Katha* 

 fine y and the N. and by E. Point of the Continent. 



Touching at the I/land of 5. Katharine, on the Coafi 



of BrafiL 



TH E next Day, being the firft of April, the Captain 

 fent our Boat and that of the Mary y with arm'd 

 Crews, to find out a proper Place to water at, and the 

 Dwellings of the Portugueze, to get fome Refrefhments.. 

 The Sieur Leftobec, fecond Captain, went at the fame 

 time in the Yawl, with three Officers^ of which Number 

 I was one, to difcover whether there were no Ships of the 

 Enemy at anchor in the Creek of Arazatiba, which is on 

 the Continent, Weft of the South Point of the lfland. 



At 



