A VOYAGE TO 
177?. Weft South Weft, that is toward the fhoal, we anchored in 
ten fathoms, over a bottom of fine fand. Two hours after 
We had anchored, the water had fallen two feet and up¬ 
ward ; which proved, that it was the tide of ebb that came 
from the river above mentioned. We alfo examined fome 
of the water which we had taken up, and found that it 
was not half fo fait as common fea water. This furnifhed 
another proof, that we were before a large river. 
At four in the afternoon, the wind drifting to South 
Weft, we weighed and flood to the Southward, with boats 
ahead founding; and paired over the South end of the 
fhoal, in fix fathoms water. We then got into thirteen 
and fifteen ; in which laft depth we anchored, at half pall 
eight; fome part of the chain of mountains, on the South 
Eaft fhore, in fight, bearing South Eaft half South; and 
the Wefternmoft land on the other fhore, North Weft. 
We had, in the courfe of the day, feen high land, bearing 
North, 6o° Weft, by eftimation twelve leagues diftant. 
Saturday II. Having weighed next morning, at two o’clock, with a 
light breeze at South Weft by Weft, we plied to windward 
till nine; when judging the flood tide to be now made 
againft us, we came to an anchor in twenty-four fathoms. 
We lay here till one, when the fog, which had prevailed 
this morning, difperfing, and the tide making in our fa¬ 
vour, we weighed, and plied to the South Weft. In the 
evening, the wind was very variable, and we had fome 
thunder. We had heard none before, lince our arrival upon 
the coaft; and this was at a great diftance. 
The wind having fettled again in the South W 7 eft quar- 
Sundayiz. ter, in the morning of the 12th, we flood to the North 
Weft, and at ten faw the continent. At noon, it extended 
from North Eaft by North, to North North Weft a quarter 
3 Weft; 
