i;^0 Coafring dong N.Holhnd. 
An.i 6 g<). feveral forts of them. We had the Winds 
at our firft coming out at N. and the Land 
lying North-Eafterly. We plied off and on, 
getting forward but little till the next day : 
When the Wind coming at S. S. W. and 
S. we began to Coaft it along the Shore to 
the Northward, keeping at 6 or 7 Leagues 
off Shore ; and founding often, we had 
between 40 and 46 Fathom- water, brown 
Sand , with fome white Shells. This 
1 5th of Auguli we were in Lati 24 deg. 
41 min. On the i6th Day at Noon we 
were in 25 deg. 22 min. The Wind com- 
ing at E. by N. we could not keep the 
Shore aboard , but were forced to go far- 
ther off, and loft fight of the Land. Then 
founding we had no Ground with 80 Fa- 
thom-line ; however the Wind fhortly af- 
ter came about again to the Southward, 
and then we jogg’d on again to the l^^orth- 
ward, and faw many fmall Dolphins and 
Whales, and abundance of Scuttle-fhells 
fwimming on the Sea ; and fome Water- 
fnakes every day. The 1 7th we faw the 
Land again, and took a Sight of it. . fSee 
Table IV. N°.7.] 
The 1 8th in the Afternoon, being 5 or 
4 Leagues oft' Shore, I faw a Shole-point, 
ftretebing from the Land into the Sea, a 
League or more. The Sea broke high on 
it ; by which I faw plainly there was a 
Shole there, I ftood farther off, and coaft- 
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