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Sea-Serpents. N. Holland. 
brown Sand, mixt with fmall, brown and 
white Stones, with Dints befides in the 
Tallow. 
The 2 1 ft day alfo we had fmall Land- 
breezes in the Night , and Sea-breezes in 
the day : and as we faw fome Sea fnakes 
every day, fo this day we faw a great ma- 
ny, of two different forts or fhapes. One 
fort was yellow, and about the bignefs of 
aMan’s^^Tift, about 4 Foot long, hav- 
ing a flat Tail about 4 Fingers broad. 
The other fort was much fmaller and 
fhorter, round and fpotted black and yel- 
low. This day we founded feveral times, 
and had 45 Fathom, Sand. We did not 
make the Land till Noon, and then faw it 
firft from our Topmaft head. It boreS.E. 
by E. about 9 Leagues diftance ; and it 
appeared like a Cape or Head of Land. 
The Sea-breeze this day was not fo ftrong 
as the day before, and it veered out more ; 
fo that we had a fair Wind to run in with 
to the Shore , and at Sun-fet anchored in 
20 Fathom, clean Sand, about 5 Leagues 
from the bluff Point ; which was not a 
Cape (as it appear’d at a great diftance) 
but the Eaftermoft end of an Ifland, about 
5 or 6 Leagues in length , and one in 
breadth. There were ^ or 4 Rocky Elands 
about a League from us between us and 
the bluff Point ; and we faw many other 
Elands both to the Eaft and Weft of it, as 
far 
