The A. departs from Sharks-Bay. 1 2 9 
Bay, nor between them, I return’d to the 1699= 
Weft Entrance , going out by the fame 
Way I came in at, only on the Eaft inftead 
of the Weft- fide of the fmall Shole to be 
feen in the Plan : in which Channel we had 
10, 12, and Fathom- water, ftill deep- 
ning upon us till we Were out at Sea. The 
day before we came out I fent a Boat a- 
fhore to the moft Northerly of the Two 
Iflands, which is the leaft of them, catch- 
ing many fmall Fifh in the mean while 
with Hook and Line. The Boat’s Crew 
returning, told me. That the Ifle produces 
nothing but a fort'of green, fhort, hard, 
prickly Grafs, affording neither Wood nor 
frefh Water ; and that a Sea broak between 
the two Iflands, a Sign that the Water 
was fhaPow. They faw a large Turtle, 
and many Skates and Thornbacks, but 
caught none. 
It was AugaH the 14th when I fail’d out 
of this Bay or Sound, the Mouth of which 
lies, as I faid, in 25 deg. 5 min. defigning 
to coaft along to the N. E. till I might 
comrnodioufly put in at fome other part of 
N. Holland. In paffmg out we faw three 
Water - Serpents fwimming about in the 
Sea, of a yellow Colour , fpotted with 
dark, brown Spots. They were each a- 
bout four Foot long , and about the big- 
nefs of a Man’s W rift, and were the firft 
I faw on this Coaft , which abounds with 
K feveral 
