Tides in N. Holland. i ^9 
Wires or Holes in the Sand at Low- water. 1^99. 
Thefe gather’d their Shell - fifh on the 
Rocks at Low- water ; but had no Wires 
(that we faw) whereby to get any other 
forts of Fifh : As among the former I faw 
not any heaps of Shells as here, though I 
know they alfo gather’d fome Shell-fifh. 
The Lances alfo of thofe were fuch as thefe 
had ; however they being upon an Illand, 
with their Women and Children, and all 
in our Power, they did not there ufe them 
againft us, as here on the Continent, where 
we faw none but fome of the Men under 
Head, who come out purpofely to obferve 
us. We faw no Houfes at either Place ; 
and I believe they have none, fince the for- 
mer People on the Ifland had none, tho’ 
they had all their Families with them. 
Upon returning to my Men I faw that 
tho’ they had dug 8 or 9 Foot deep, yet 
found no Water. So I returned aboard 
that Evening, and the next day, being 
September ift, I fent my Boatfwain afhore 
to dig deeper, and fent the Sain with him 
to catch Fifh. While I if aid aboard I ob- 
ferved the flowing of the Tide , which 
runs very fwift here, fo that our Nun-buoy 
would not bear above the Water to be 
feen. It flows here ( as on that part of 
N. Holland I defcrib’d formerly, about 5 
Fathom : and here the Flood runs S. E. 
by S. till the laft (Quarter *, then it fets 
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