An account of several late voyages and discoveries

1 ~6 Sir John Narbrough's Viryage frdh \Vatcr; and forthc fp:ict ofnvc,or fix Mi ks about, thc Lmd is fnll of llats ; thcy hav1: 1-Iob in thc Ground likc Cnncy-boroughs; thcir f.o,_¡J 1 fuppofr to be Limpct.:, for th r: rr: is grc:n Stor,: of Limpct-1ho:ils lying dofc to thcir Hoks: I faw no Indiam hcrc, nor ariy thing worth obft:r. \•ing. Night coming on, we ben: pitd1cd our Tcnt, and lay all Night: Hcrc are ver y g•)o,I S.mdyBays on the North-fidc, all che way bctwixt the firft and feconc.l Narrnw; for I found.::d .di along as I camc down in the Boat, and had tr:n and twclvc Fathom \Va.ter, a good Burth off. T'uefday, Februf1ry 14. Clofc, hafcy \Vcathcr, with fome Rain, and vcry much Wind \Vcfic:rlr. This Morning I faw the Ship coming down die Strci$hts; and afccr fue was through thc Narrow, thcy brought her to, and l got l-ho:ird ; and w made all the Sail wc could, and by Night w got clcar of theStrcights into thc North-fca; an a.t 3 a Clock Cape VitJ!.in-Mary bore N. W. lu a Point Northcrly, difrance 4 Leagucs. 71.,urfday, F'ebruary 23. Fair Wcathcr, th \V ind variable, from thc N. N. W. to th 1 W. N. W. This Evcning, at ninc a Clock, w 1 Clmc toan Anchor in 22 Pathom \Vatcr, SJnd " G;·ound on thc South-plrt of Amt1rica, in thc L3 of 47 d. 16 111. South; and thcn Cate-Blancl borc .N, N. IV. of me., diíl:ant about 6 Lc:igu February 2 4. E1.ir \Vcathcr, and littk W in lli; Northcrly. This Morning wc wcighc:d, to go }l Port Deffre-Bay, and in thcEvening at6 a Clcc for wc anchorcd in thc ltiv> ia 14 E1thom v,.r ;itcr. , ' ,1(,(. J..:s I'ebrn