We Saw Here Some Cormorants, Gulls, Crab-Catchers,
Etc., A Few Small Land Birds, And A Sort Of White Parrots, Which
Flew A Great Many Together.
We found some shell-fish, viz.,
limpets, periwinkles, and abundance of small oysters growing on the
rocks, which were very sweet.
In the sea we saw some green turtle,
many sharks, and abundance of water-snakes of several sorts and
sizes. The stones were all of rusty colour, and ponderous.
We saw a smoke on an island three or four leagues off, and here also
the bushes had been burned, but we found no other sign of
inhabitants. It was probable that on the island where the smoke was
there were inhabitants, and fresh water for them. In the evening I
went aboard, and consulted with my officers whether it was best to
send thither, or to search among any other of these islands with my
boat, or else go from hence and coast along shore with the ship,
till we could find some better place than this was to ride in, where
we had shoal water and lay exposed to winds and tides. They all
agreed to go from hence, so I gave orders to weigh in the morning as
soon as it should be light, and to get out with the land breeze.
Accordingly, August 23rd, at five in the morning, we ran out, having
a pretty fresh land breeze at south-south-east. By eight o'clock we
were got out, and very seasonably, for before nine the sea breeze
came on us very strong, and increasing, we took in our top-sails and
stood off under two courses and a mizen, this being as much sail as
we could carry.
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