�?sl?. ?d sand. From ?e ?1o? of?e ?a, it �s?t. ?. ?ar? ? we were in a deep c?nel, ex- ?nding ?wa?s ?? Isl?d: ?m Hght winds, our pro?ss ?s no slow, ?t ?un?t . oreck us before we ? fo? ?y pl? for ?oring; our ?undings were ?tw?n twenty two ?d eight?n fathoms ?rd sandy ?m: �e tide w? ebbing. The idea of s?ng out for ?o?e, ?r ?ving ? for ?e l?t �ee days ?ainst fo? w?ds ?d o?er obst?es, was pa?c?arly revol?g; and incr?sing ?rk- n?s fo?d me qui? at a loss what ?se to p?sue; for ?os? Isl?d appear? so r?ky, �at I despair? of ?ding ?or?e near it: havi?, howe?r, two days before, ?en b?h ? i? ?u?-e?t en? (w?ch sub?uenfiy pmv? to be ?m?s? of s?nes w?n? by the eff? of ?e wea?er,) we a ?t re?ur?; ?d, on our way ?er, we p?d over a muddy b?m, u?n w? ?e ?or was dropped in e?ht fa?oms, at a?ut two ?les from ?e no?-west end of the island. ?is day, as usu?; many m?d?2 were seen; . and ?so a sn?e, three f?t long; i? b?k w? black, ?e belly yellow, and the ?1 st?ped u?n ?e id?d, at a pl?e w?ch h? ?e p?r? of ?nta'? fresh wa?r; ?d
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