An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to tl1e St,-ei,ghts of Magellan; t ~; i·e fct thc fame thwart a Pond of \Vatcr, and ihtrc it fiood until low \Vater ; thcn wc haled 1 bc Pond all ovcr, and hakd a-Jhorc about 700 2 ood and largc FHh likc Mullets. This Land is frry dry, barren Land,. and nothing to be fccn in ir worth thc Obfcrvatton. Febrttary 1 2. fair \Vcathcr, \Vind Northcrly. This Morning I wcnt ovcr to the North-fhorc, 3 nd thcrc I fdl with a fine Sandy Bay; I found– cd it, and had 6, 7 1 8, 9. and 10 Fathom \Vatcr 1bovc h .. llf a Mile trom thc Shorc. This Bay is bccwccn thc fccond Narrow and Cape Gregory, clofo undcr Cape Gre_gory; this Cape is abm.u fivc ()rfix Miles to thc Eafrward of thc fc.:cond Nar– row: Hc.:rc I bndcd, thc \Vinds bcingNorthcrly, afrdh Galc, :md hakd tbc Bo.1t up dry, and rmrnp jnro thc Country to fec for lndians, but iw non e, and I rcmrncd to thc Boat again, whcrc e oitd1ed our Tcnt, and lay all Nighr. t'ebmar_y 1.3. Pair \V cathcr, and a frcfh Galc f\Vind \Vcfrcrly. This Morning I ran allalong be North-1horc from Cape Grcgory, to thc firít ·mow; and I w~1s no fooncr cntrcd into thc firíl: 1 mow, but I faw tlucc Anchors, which lay up oovc Hig/J-.water 1vlark, in a íina11 Sandy Covc; icrc 11.mdcd, aud halcd up the Hoat, and fcarch– <I:.tbour, to ice if wc C~)Uld fall with an y Guns, rochcr Tradc. Onc of thc .M<.:n found ~111 !ron ommandcr for fome Ship's Poop; Onc of thofc nchors wcrc twc1vc fooot long in thc Shank, •id th~othcr two wcrc dc.:vcn h>ot a-piccc, and · cy wcn.: aJJ Sp{littjb Anrhors. Thc.; Lrnd hc.:rc is irrrn, dry Lrnd, and affords n:..:it11<.:r \Vood, nor~ - frdb