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which youfay you gave me notice of in yourfirft 5 not received, 
and which happened otfob. 25. 1654. I had alfo notice of it 
from Mr. Street , and had provided in foine meafore to obferve 
it 5 but the skie was fo overcaft, that the Sun could fcarce be 
difcerned all that day. 
Next, concerning the Tides; I have only taken a general no- 
tice of them • as, that it is high water about 7. of the clock on 
the Changed ay fin fome Creeks an hour or two later.) The 
water rifeth but little, as about 4. foot at a high water 5 but at 
the Spring-tides, it may be a foot more. T he Tides without are 
very various in their fet ting. Sometimes the Tide of Floudfets 
to' the E aft-ward, fometimes to the Weft-ward : but in fair, 
calm and fettled weather the (aid Tidefets from the South-eap, 
toward the North-weft , as they fay. 
We digg Wells of freft) water fometimes within 20 yards of the 
Sea or lefs, which rife and fall upon theFloud, and ebb as the 
Sea doth*, and fo do moft of the Wells in the Country, though 
further up fas lam inform'd.) Wherefoever they digg Wells 
here, they digg till they come almoft to a Level with the Super- 
ficies of the Sea, and then they find either frtjb: .water, or fait. If 
it be freft, yet if they digg 2. or 3. foot deeper, or often kfs* 
they come to /4/Mvater. If it be a fandy ground, or a kndy 
crumbling Stone, that the water foaks gently through, they find 
ufually fre(h-vnt& 5- but if they be hard Lyme- (tone- rocks, which 
the water cannot foak through, but paffeth in chinks or 
clefts between them,, the water is fait or brackifli. Yet Q to 
mention that by the by) I never faw anyfand in the Country 
fuch as will grind glaffe, or whet knives, &c, as in England , but 
a fubftance like fand, though much fofter 3 neither have we any- 
Beble- (tones ok Elint. 
For the killing of whales , it hath been formerly attempted: 
in vain, but within, thefe 2. or 3. years, in the Spring- time and 
fair weather, they take fometimes one, or two, or three in a dav 
They are lefs, I hear, than thofe in Greenland, but more quick 
and lively?, fo that if they be ftruck in deep water, they prefent- 
jy make into the deep with fuch violence, that the Boat is in 
danger tobe haled down after them, if they cut not the rope in 
time. Therefore, they ufually (hike them in fiioakwacer, They 
