Sholes^ and noljy Whales. i 
cd along Shore, to about 7 or 8 Leagues 
diftance : And at 12 a Clock at Night we 
founded, and had but 20 Fathom, hard 
Sand. By this I found I was upon ano- 
ther Shole, and fo prefently fleered off W. 
half an hour, and had then 40 Fathom. 
At One in the Morning of the 1 8th day we 
had 85 Fathom : By Two we could find 
no Ground ; and then I ventur’d to fleer 
alongshore again, due N. which is two 
Points wide of the Coafl (that lies here 
N. N. E.) for fear of another Shole. I 
would not be too far off from the Land, 
being defirous to fearch into it where-ever 
I fhould find an Opening or any Conveni- 
ence of fearching about, for Water, &c. 
When we were off the Shole-point I men- 
tion’d where we had but 20 Fathom-wa- 
ter, we had in the Night abundance of 
Whales about the Ship, fome a head, 0- 
thers a flern, and fome on each fide blow- 
ing and making a very difmal Noife j but 
when we came out again into deeper Wa- 
ter they left us. Indeed the Noife that 
they made by blowing and dafhing of 
the Sea with their Tails, making it all of 
a Breach and Fome, was very dreadful to 
us, like the breach of the Waves in very 
Shole-water , or among Rocks. The 
Shole thefe Whales were upon had depth 
of Water fufficient, no lefs than twenty 
Fathom, as Ifaid ; and it lies in Lat. 22 
K 2 deg. 
