Sailing about ShBvks-B^y, 127 
I fleer’d farther in, with aneafie Sail, 
caufe we had but lhallow Water : We kept 
therefore good looking out for fear of 
Sholes; fometimes fhortning, fometimes 
deepning the Water. About 2 in the 
Afternoon we faw the Land a Head that 
makes the S. of the Bay, and before Night 
we had again Sholdings from that Shore : 
And therefore fhortned Sail and flood off 
and on all Night, under 2 Topfails, conti- 
nually founding, having never more then 
10 Fathom, and feldom lefs than 7. The 
Water deepned and fholdned fo very gent- 
ly, that in heaving the Lead 5 or 6 times 
we fhouid fcarce have a Foot difference. 
When we came into 7 Fathom either way, 
we prefently went about. From this S. part 
of the Bay, we could not fee the Land from 
whence we came in the Afternoon : And 
this 1. and we found to be an Ifland of g or 4 
Leagues long, as is feen in the Plain, [Ta- 
ble IV. No.^6.] but it appearing barren, 
I did not rtrive to go nearer it ; and the ra- 
ther becaufe the Winds would not permit 
us to do it without much T rouble, and at 
the Openings the Water was generally 
Shole. I therefore made no farther attempts 
in thisS. W. and S. part of the Bay, but 
fleered away to the Eaflward , to fee if 
there was any Land that way, for as yet 
we had feen none there. On the 1 2th in 
the Morning we pafs’d by the N. Point of 
that 
