Soil of Sharks-B. in N. Holland. 1 2 1 
us. As foonasI came to anchor in this 1^99 
Bay (of which I have given a Plan, Table 
IV. N°. 6 .) I fent my Boat afhore to 
feek for freQi Water : But in the Evening 
my Men returned , having found none. 
The next morning I went alhore my felf, 
carrying Pick-axes and Shovels with me, 
to dig for Water ; and Axes to cut Wood. 
We tried in feveral places for Water, but 
finding none after feveral Trials, nor in 
feveral miles compafs, we left any farther 
fearch for it, and fpending the reft of the 
day in cutting Wood, we went aboard at 
Night, 
The Land is of an indifferent heighth, 
fo that it may be feen 9 or 10 Leagues off. 
It appears at a diftance very even ; but as 
you come nigher you find there are many 
gentle Rifings , tho’ none fteep nor high. 
’Tis all a fteep Shore againft the open Sea : 
but in this Bay or Sound we were now 
in, the Land is low by the Sea-fide, ri- 
fing gradually in within the Land. The 
Mould is Sand by the Sea-fide, producing 
a large fort of Sampler , which bears a 
white Flower. . Farther in, the Mould is 
reddifh, a fort of Sand producing fome 
Grafs, Plants, and Shrubs. The Grafs 
grows in great Tufts, as big as a Bufhel, 
here and there a Tuft : being intermix’d 
with much Heath, much of the kind we 
have growing, on our Commons in Et^g- 
