An account of several late voyages and discoveries

1 ~4 Sir John Narbrough's V~age l?'ebntary 9. Fair W cathcr, \Vind \Vcficrly; This Morning thc Captain fent me to fcc for / 11• diam, butl could fce nonc; yct I fdl with a good Harbour for fmall Veífcls, on thc North-fidc, and at thc South-End of a grcat dccp Bay, thwart of Elizaheth's Ifland; thc Entrancc of this Harbour is nota Bow-íhot from Sidc to Sidc: I found<:d it and therc was 1 z Foot \Vatcr ata. low \V a ter; bu: within, therc was 3 Fathom \Vatcr at low \V J. ter : From the Entrance of this Harbour, to thc U ppcr-end of it, is about fcvcn Miles. Hcrc ¡5 in this Harbour grcat Storc of Gc:cfc and Ducks ¡ and a-füorc therc is grc.:1.t Storc of Hca.th-bcrrics and Hiéts, and f mall Black-bcrrics, good and well-taíl:cd; but I faw no lndian.r, fo I n.:turncd a-board again ; thc Captain wcnt into anothcr Harbour, a Milc to the Southward of thc Í<.:con ·Narrow on the North-fhorc, and foundcd, an had four Fathom \Vatcr in it ; it is vcry broa within, and thcrc is grcat Storc of Sca-Crabs. Satrerday, February II. Fair "\Veathcr, ,vin variabJc. This Day thc Captain ordercd me to g wirh thc Pinnacc, and difcovcr thc North-!hor:: and if I could with convenicncc difcovcr fom Part of thc South; and to go to thc firíl: N~trrow and therc to ftay for the Ship; fo I wcnt througl thc fccond, and landcd on thc South·-í:dc, in ;t fin fandy Bay, or Covc, cxpcéting to fall w hh Imli ans, for Ifaw many Fircsup in the land; I wc, up abom fi\'c or fix Miles, but could fe¡_: no ]il diam. Then thc Night coming on, I rcmrnc again to thc Boar, and thcrc wc pitchc(.i a Tc1 to lic ü1, and lay all Night; and at Hi3L-·,1::m \i