high water at full and change about 3 o’clock, and the rife and
fall of the tides fix or feven feet. Diiring the fummer months,
when the winds blow between eaft and fouth, or diredtly into
the bay, a heavy fwell breaks upon the beach, which makes it
dangerous, and frequently impradticable, for boats to land;
but thefe winds are never fo violent, nor. fo lafting, as at the
Cape; and Ihips may ride at anchor in perfect fecurity about
three quarters of a mile from the landing place. The fouth-
weft winds, that frequently blow with great violence from April
to September, bring into the bay'a moft tremendous fea, fetting
round Cape Saint Blaize. At this feafon of the year it would
be highly imprudent for ihips to enter Moffel Bay.
A rill of water glides over the fandy beach,rwhere there is the
bell: landing, and is eafily conveyed into calks in the boats, by
means of a hofe. To the fouth-eaft of this landing place is
ahother fmall cove tolerably fheltered, and deep enough to ad-'
mit veffels of ten or twelve feet draught of water. At either
of thefe coves piers for landing and ihipping- goods might conveniently
be conftrudted, and at a fmall expence, as materials
maybe procured upon the fpot. Boats, however, may land at
every part of the bay; and the adjacent country would eafily
afford fupplies for about five hundred men.
The mouths of the rivers that fall into the bay are generally1
blocked up with fand. They abound With various kinds ¿of
filh,' and on the rocky parts of the coaft are plenty of mufcles
and excellent oyfters.
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