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feeing a large opening in the land, with an ifland near the fouth fide; I flood in,thinking to anchor there. When we were fhot in within two leagues of theifland, the wind came to the weft, which blows right into the opening. I flood tothe north fhore; intending, when I came pretty nigh, to fend my boat into the open-ing, and found, before I would adventure in. We found feveral deep bays, but nofoundings within two miles of the fhore; therefore I flood off again. Then feeing aripling under our lee, I fent my boat to found on it; which returned in half an hour,and brought me word that the rippling we faw was only a tide, and that they had noground there.

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