114 Signs of being near Land. 
An.1699. We met with little of Remark in this 
Voyage, befides being accompanied with 
Fowles all the way, efpecially Pintado- 
Birds, and feeing now and then a Whale: 
But as we drew nigher the Coaft of New- 
Holland., W'e faw frequently 5 or 4 Whales 
together. When we were about 90 
Leagues from the Land we began to fee 
Sea-weeds, all of one fort ; and as we drew 
nigher the Shore w^e faw them more fre- 
quently. Ac about 50 Leagues diftance we 
began to fee fome Scutle-boncs floating on 
the Water; and drawing ftill nigher the 
Land we faw greater quantities of them. 
]}V//j/the a 5th being in Lat. 26 deg. 14 
min. S. and Longitude E. from the C.of G. 
Hope 85 deg. 52 min. we faw a large Gar- 
fifh leap 4 times by us, which feemed to 
be as big as a Porpofe. It was now very 
fair Weather, and the Sea was full of a fort i 
of very fmall Grafs or Mofs, which as it 1 
floated in the Water feemed to have been | 
fome Spawn of Fifli; and there was among | 
it fome fmall Fry. The next Day the Sea 
was full of fmall round things like Pearl, 
fome as big as white Peas ; they were very 
Clear and Tranfparent, and upon crufhing 
any of them a drop of Water would come 
forth : 1 he Skin that contained the Water 
w'as fo thin that it was but juft defeernable. 
Some Weeds fwam by us, fo that we did 
not doubt but we fhould quickly fee Land. 
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