170 *A Voyage to 



by that from S. W. being too foon to turn the Head-land of 

 Sama r lying W. N. W. from that of Arica, and the more 

 for that the Tides fenfibly come from above 5 and for this 

 Difficulty in turning of it, on our Chart it is call'd the De- 

 vil's Weai-land* By good Fortune the Land Breeze carry'd 

 us far enough out to Sea, not to apprehend any thing du- 

 ring a Calm that lafted five Days, becaufe the Tides were 

 not then very ftrong : In cafe of being too much forced 

 back towards the Land, and no poffibility of working up 

 again, there is the Remedy of being able to come to an An- 

 chor a League to the Southward of guidca, in 30 or 40 

 Foot Water $ the Bottom greenifli Owze, like an Olive Co- 

 lour, m # fome Places mix'd with Sand. 



At length, after eight Days fpent in failing thirty Leagues, 

 fw»*Hfl© we arriv ' d at Hito, on the 18th of Auguft : That Road is to 

 ly t 1 be known to the Windward, by a plain Point of Land, 

 low in Comparifon of the high Mountains. From five or 

 fix Leagues diftance to the Sea-ward, it looks almoft like 

 an Ifland ; that is it which they call the Point de Coles, at 

 the End whereof is a very low Rock, which feems to rife 

 higher as you draw nearer to it. 



Vefcription of the Road of Hilo. 



rkteYXllL 'TpHE R° ad being fcarce any other than a ftrait Coaft^ 

 JL the Ships that are at Anchor there, are feen at a Di- 

 stance ; and for the fame Reafon, there muft be a great Sea 

 Ltnding- upon all Winds. In fliort, there is but one Place to land 

 fUce. at ^ among the Rocks, which appear at the Entrance of the 

 Vale E. and by N. or E.N. E. from the Anchoring- place- 

 when you have 15 or 12 Fathom Water., the Bottom fine 

 Sand, fomewhat Owzy, and to the Northward of the Lit- 

 tle Ifland, which is at the Point of Coles. 



The Ridge of Rocks, which covers the Creek where 

 they land out of Boats, is divided into two : The fecond 

 Cut makes a little Creel on the Starboard-Side^ where, 



not- 



