1 44 "Landing again in N. Holland. 
^M.i699.gone, which was not of many Digits. 
The Moon’s Center was then 3 3 deg^ 
40 min. high. 
'I he ^ 1 ft of AuguH betimes in the Morn- 
ing I went afhore with 10 or II Men to 
fearch for Water. We went armed with 
Muskets and Cutlaffes for our Defence, ex- 
pefting to fee People there ; and carried 
alfo Shovels and Pickaxes to dig Wells. 
When we came near the Shore we faw ^ 
tall black naked Men on the fandy Bay a- 
head of us : But as we row’d in, they went 
away. When we were landed 1 fent the 
Boat with two Men in her to ly a little 
from the Shore at an Anchor, to prevent 
being feiz’d ; while the reft of us w’ent af- 
ter the ^ black Men, who were now got 
on the top of a fmall Hill about a quarter 
of a Mile from us, with 8 or 9 Men more 
in their Company. They feeing us com- 
ing, ran away. When we came on the 
top of the Hill where they firft ftcod, we 
faw a plain Savannah, about half a mile 
from us, farther in from the Sea. There 
were feveral Things like Hay-cocks, 
Handing in the Savannah ; which at a di- 
ftance w'e thought were Houfes, looking 
juft like the Hottentot^s Houfes at the Caf e 
of G. Hope : but we found them to be fo 
many Rocks. We fearched about thefe 
for Water, but could find none, nor any 
Houfes ; nor People , for they were all 
