II 6 The A^s ft ay in Sharks-Bay. 
and the Jaw was alfo firm, out of which 
we pluckt a great many Teeth, 2 of them 
8 Inches long, and as big as a Mans Thumb, 
fmall at one end, and a little croolced ; the 
reft not above half fo long. The Maw 
was full of Jelly which flank extreamly : 
However I faved for a while the Teeth and 
the Sharks Jaw: The Flefh of it was divi- 
ded among my Men ; and they took care 
that no wafle fhould be made of it. 
’Twas the 7th of Augufl w'hen we came 
into Shark\Bay ; in which w e Anchor’d 
at three feveral Places , and flay’d at the 
firft of them (on the W. fide of the Bay) 
till the 1 nil. During which time we fearch* 
ed about, asT laid, for frefli Water, 
digging Wells, but to no purpofe. How- 
ever, we cut good ftore of Fire-w'ood at 
this firfl Anchoring-place ; and my Com- 
pany were all here very well refrefhed with 
Raccoons, Turtle, Shark and other Fifb, 
and fome Fowles ; fo that we w^ere now 
all much brisker than when we came in hi- 
ther. Yet ftill I was for flanding farther 
into the Bay, partly becaufe I had a Mind 
to increafe my flock of frefh Water, which 
w'as began to be low ; and partly for the 
hike of Difcovering this part of the Coaft. 
I was invited to go further, by feeing from 
this Anchoring- place all open before me ; 
which therefore I defigned to fearch before 
1 left tlie Bay. So on the i ith about Noon, 
I fleer’d 
