136 Tafman’j Draught reiiified. 
i699.1ike Iflands, as really they are. See feveral 
Sights ofit, TablelV. N®.8,9, 10. This 
Plate therefore lies more Northerly by 
40 min. than is laid down in Mr. Tafman’s 
Draught : And befide its being made a 
firm, continued Lard, only with fome 
Openings like the Mouths of Rivers, I 
found the Soundings alfo different from 
■what the prickt Line of hisCourfe (hews 
them , and generally lhallower than he 
makes them : which inclines me to think 
that he came not fo near the Shore as his 
/ Dine fhews, and fo had deeper Soundings, 
and could not fo well d:ifirguifli the Iflands. 
His Meridian or Difference of Longitude 
from Sharks Bay agrees well enough with 
my Account, w hich is 2 ^ 2 Leagues tho’ we 
differ in Lat. And to confirm my Conje-’ 
fture that the Line of his Ccurfe is made 
too near the Shore, at leafl: not far to the 
Eaft of this place, the Water is there fo 
fhaliow that he could not come there fo 
nigh. 
But to proceed ; in the Night we had a 
fmall Land-breeze , and in the Morning 
I weighed Anchor, defigning.to run in a- 
mong the Iflands, for they had large Chan- 
nels between them, of a League wide at 
leafl, and fome 2 or j Leagues wide. I 
fent in my Boat before to found , and if 
they found Shole-'u^ater to return again ; 
but if they found Water enough, to go a- 
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