An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to tbe Streighu of Ma~llan~ 7 y it at high Water, for the Tide rifeth hcre cight ornine teet: thisRiver I call'd by the Name of Bat,belor's River. Before the mouth 0f this Rivcr, in rhe Streights, there is good anchoring, in nine, orten, or twclve FathomWater, fandy Ground; afair birth off the Shorc: the Tide runs but nr– ·nary, and tite Floud-tide comes from the Weft. •ard, and the Tide that comes out of St. 1t· ,r#'s Channel,makes a ripling with the Tidc that mes along thc fiream of the Streight: I calrd is Road -that is before Batchelor's /tiver , Torl. ,atÍ: This is a good place to ride in with We– crly Winds, far here caonot go any great Sea ; ither füall a Man be embayed ; that if a Cable ·ve way, he may havctheStreightopen tQcarry away; for the Wefterly Winds are the greatctt inds that blow here by the Trces, for they all oop to thefeWinds , and lean to the Eaílward ; dthe \Veíl:-fide of all the Trees that fiancl o– n, are made ílat with the Winds: the tops of Mountains look to the Eafiward ; thc Eafter- \Vinds feldom blow firong hcrc as to what I ve obferved. · By the Shtire fide which lies open the Eaft, tite Grafs grows down to the Water– e, and they are thc greener Shorcs, and rhe es are fireight :md tall on the Eafl:.fide of the Us, but on the \Veíl: fuores, the Grafs and ees are much weather-beatcn, worn away, and ppied, and the Shore fidcs much tewed with the e theW aters. At Cape Q.uad, thc Land íbuts one with rhc o– r, as if there wcre no farther paífagc : But as make nearer to it, you will fcc the opcning ' n1ore