An account of several late voyages and discoveries
61 Sir John Narbrough's Yoyage Wind be between the North·eafi: and the South. wéft to theWcftward; the\Vinds are given moa to blow on the Weftern-quarter. As I failed tho. row thc fecond Narrow , I founded in the fa.ir way, and had twcnty cif;ht, and thirty Fathom fmall fiones: The North-fhore on this Narro\\' makes in a Bay at the Eaft-point,and is whit~Cliffs all the way through :ThisNarro\.V lies throughout Weft-fouth-weft, and Eaíl:-north t::iil:, and at che Weft end of the Narrow the Land i5 11:ecp up, in white Cliffs,and the Souch part rounds away in a I;orc-land: Thc South-iliore rounds away South. eaft from this Fore.Jand, and thcn it trcnts away to thcSouthward i11 Jow Land : The North-füore o f thís Narrow or Streight , rounds up to the Northward in white Cliffs, and falls into fhorcs; there goes in a Harbour which hath four Fathom in the CJ1aí~nel, at High-water; it is a flat round aarbour within, a.nd oary ; I called this Oaz. -h.ir. bour. \'\ 1 hcn you are at thcWcfi-part of this Nar– row, you will fee three Iflands come open, which ihcw to be fieep up Cliffs: thcy l~c Trianglc-wife onc of anothcr ; they are four Lcagucs diíl::m from the Narrow, Weil:-fourh-weft: The fmalle :ind Eatl:crnmofi Ifle is call'd St.Barrholomew's; th biggeft. and \Veil:ernmoíl: is call'd Elhaheth's; th middle. moíl: and Southernmoíl: is call'd St.Gtor¡/ and by fome Peng,uins-Jfle, and indccd there ~r rnany Fenguins on it. This Evcning I got up t Eliz.a/Jeth's, and anchorcd in eight Fathoms an an half fine black Sand, two miles off the Jílan Thc Ea-'1:-point bears South and by Eaíl: of m F air WP.ather all Night, the Wind at South and b .'Veil. . Thi
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