Ma«h. we had left> and we continued working to windward
Thurfd^7/ til! feven in the evening> when we anchored in a fmall bay
on the north fhore, about five leagues to the weftward of
Cape Quod, with very good ground. This bay may be
known by two large rocks that appear above water, and a
low point which makes the eaft part o f the bay. The anchoring
place is between the two rocks, the eaftermoft bearing
N. E. ’ E. diftant about two cables’ length, and the
weftermoft, which is near the point, W. N. W. ‘ W. at about
the fame diftance: there is alfo a fmall rock which fhows
itfelf among the weeds at low water, and bears E. 4 N.
diftant about two cables’ length. I f there are more fhips
than one, they may anchor farther out in deeper water.
During the night it was calm, and the weather became very
Friday s. fo g g y ; but about ten in the morning it cleared up, and I
went on Ihore. I found abundance o f fhell-fifli, but faw no
traces of people. In the afternoon, while the people were
filling water, I went up a deep lagoon, which lies juft round
the weftermoft rock: at the head o f it I found a very fine fall
o f water, and on the eaft fide feveral little coves, where fhips
o f the greateft draught may lie in perfect fecurity. We faw
nothing elfe worthy o f notice, and therefore, having filled
our boat with very large mufcles, we returned.
Saturday g. At feven o’clock the nextmorning, we weighed and towed
out of the bay, and at eight, faw the Tamar very far aftern,
fleering after us. At noon, we had little wind at E. N. E. but
at five o’clock, it fhifted to W. N. W. and blew frefh. At fix,
we were abreaft of Cape Monday, and at fix the next morn-
Sunday 10. ing, Cape Upright bore E. by S. diftant three leagues. From
Cape Monday to Cape Upright, which are both on thefouth
fhore, and diftant from each other about five leagues, the
courfe is W. by N. by the compafs: the fhore on each fide is
rocky, with broken ground. At about half an hour after
feven,
feven, we had a very hard fquall, and the weather being >765.
then exceedingly thick, we fuddenly perceived a reef o f , March' _
rocks clofe under our lee bow, upon which the fea broke s““da)' ,0'
very high: we had but juft time to tack clear of them, and
i f the fhip had miffed flays, every foul on board muft inevitably
have perifhed. Thefe rocks lie at a great diftance
from the fouth fhore, and are about three leagues to the
north of Cape Upright. At nine, the weather cleared a
little, and we faw the entrance o f Long Reach, upon which
we bore away, keeping neared the fouth fhore, in hopes of
finding an anchoring-place. At ten, we had firong gales and
thick weather, with hard rain, and at noon, we were again
abreaft o f Cape Monday, but could find no anchoring-place,
which, however, we continued to feek, Hill fleering along
the fouth Ihore, and were foon after joined by the Tamar,
who had been fix or feven leagues to the eaftward of us all
night. At fix in the evening, we anchored in a deep bay,
about three leagues to the eaftward o f Cape Monday : we let
go the anchor in five and twenty fathom, near an ifland in
the bottom of the bay; but before we could bring up the
fhip, we were driven off, and the anchor took the ground in
about fifty fathom. The extream points o f the bay bore
from N. W. to N. E. by E. and the ifland W. 4. S .: we veered
to a whole cable, and the anchor was about a cable’s length
from the neareft fhore. In the night, we had frefh gales
wefterly, with fudden fqualls and hard rain; but in the
morning, the weather became more moderate, though it Mondays
was Hill thick, and the rain continued. As a great fwell fet
into this place, and broke very high upon the rocks, near
which we lay, I got up the anchor, and warped the fhip to
a bank where the Tamar was riding: we let go our anchor
in fourteen fathom, and moored with the ftream anchor to
the eaftward, in forty-five fathom. In the bottom of this.
bay