1 3 1 Coafiing along N. Holland. 
^«.i699.deg. 22 min. The Shore was generally 
bold all along : we had met with no Shole 
at Sea fince the Jhrohlo‘iho\c^ when we 
hrft fell on the N. Holland. Coaft in the Lat. 
of 28. rill yefterday in the Afternoon, and 
this Night. This Morning alfo when we 
expected by the Draught we had with us 
to have been 1 1 Leagues off Shore, we 
were but 4 : fo that either our Draughts 
w ere faulty, which yet hitherto and after- 
wards w^e found true enough as to the ly- 
ing of the Coatt, or elfe here was a Tide 
unknown to us that deceived us; tho’we 
had found very little of any 1 ide on this 
Coalf hitherto. As to our Winds in the 
Coalting thus far, we had been within the 
Verge of the General Trade ftho’ inter- 
rupted by the Storm I mention’d) from the 
Lat. of 28, when we firft fell in with the 
Coaft ; and by that time we W'ere in the 
Lat. of 25. we had ufually the regular 
Trade- wdnd (which is here S. S. E.) when 
we were at any diftance from Shore : but 
we had often Sea and Land-Breezes, efpe- 
cially when near Shore, and when in 
Sharks bay ; and had a particular N. Weft 
Wind , or Storm , that fet us in thither. 
On this 18th of Augufl w'e coafted with a 
brisk Gale of the True Trade-wind at 
S. S. E. very fair and clear Weather ; but 
haling off in the Evening to Sea, were next 
Morning out of fight of Land : and the 
Land 
