t r a v e l s in
Iwater at full and change about 3 o’clock, and the rife and
I f the tides fix or feven feet. During the fummer months,
,, the winds blow between eaft and fouth, or direftly into
lay , a heavy fwell breaks upon the beach, which makes it
lerous, and frequently impradicable, for boats to land;
Ihefe winds are never fo violent, nor fo lafting, as at the
] ; and ihips may ride at anchor in perfect fecurity about
1 ’quarters of a mile from the landing place. The fouth-
[winds, that frequently blow with great violence from April
Lptember, bring into the bay'a moft tremendous fea, fetting
Id Cape Saint Blaize. At this feafon of the year it would
Ighly imprudent for ihips to enter Moffel Bay.
J rill of water glides over the fandy beach,rwhere there is the
I landing, and is eafily conveyed into caiks in the boats, by
Ins ■ of a hofe. To the fouth-eaft of this landing place is
t i e r fmall cove tolerably iheltered, and deep enough to ad-
lveffels of ten or twelve feet draught of water. At either
lefe coves piers for landing and Clipping- goods might con-
lently be conftrudted, and at a fmall expence, as materials
[be procured upon the fpot. Boatsf however, may land at
l y part of the bay, and the adjac-ent country would eafily
Id fupplies for about five hundred men.
[he mouths of the rivers that fall into the bay are generally
Iked up with fand. They abound with various kinds Ibf
1- and on the rocky parts of the coaft are plenty of mufcles
| excellent oyfters.
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