' laS Going out o/" Sharks-Bay. 
ig^^.that Land, and were confirm’d in thePer- 
fuafion of its being an Ifland, by feeing 
an Opening to the Eaft of it , as we had 
done on the W. Having fair \^eather, a 
fmall Gale and fmooth Water, we flood 
further on in the Bay , to fee what Land 
was on the E. of it. Our Soundings at 
firfl were 7 Fathom, which held fo a great 
while , but at length it decreas’d to 6 . 
Then we faw the Land right a-head , that 
in the Plan makes the E. of the Bay. We 
could not come near it w'ith the Ship, hav- 
ing but Shole w'ater : and it being dange- 
rous lying there , and the Land extraordi- 
narily low , very unlikely to have frefli 
Water (though it had a few Trees on it, 
feemingly Mangroves) and much of it pro- 
bably covered at High-w^atetj I flood out 
again that Afternoon, deepning the Water^ 
and before Night anchored in 8 Fathom, 
clean white Sand, about the middle of the 
Bay. The next day we got up ouri)n- 
chor ; and that Afternoon came to an An- 
chor once more near two Iflands, and a 
Shole of Corral Rocks that face the Bay. 
Here I fcrubb’d my Ship : and finding it 
very improbable I fliould get any thing 
further here , I made the beft of my way 
out to Sea again, founding all. the way ; 
but finding by the nnal'lownefs of the Wa^^ 
ter that tliere was no going out to Sea to 
the Eafl of the tw'o Iflands that face the 
Pay, 
