We kept within a mile of the shore, sounding from eight to fifteen fathoms, generally on a sandy bottom; and a run of seven miles brought us within three miles of the bottom of the inlet, the depth of water being four fathoms, on sand.
In the entrance of it, we found 44 fathoms water, a sandy bottom, the West Cape bearing S.
The next time we stood for this isle, we came to within half a mile of it, where we found thirty fathoms a sandy bottom; but a mile off we found no soundings at seventy fathoms.
In this situation, we had about thirty-one fathom water with a sandy bottom.
We continued to stand along the shore till night, with the main land on one side, and islands on the other, and then anchored in a bay, with fourteen fathom, and a sandy bottom.
In steering along the shore at the distance of two leagues, our soundings were from twenty-four to thirty-two fathom, with a sandy bottom.
The depth of water is from twenty to ten and even six fathoms, a sandy bottom, except near the shore, and particularly near the S.
Two hours after noon we set sail again, and anchored at night in 37 fathoms on a sandy bottom, hard by an island a league and a half short of Swakem.
At 5 the wind coming to the Northward obliged us to Tack and Stood North-Westward, being then about 5 Miles from the Shore, and had 23 fathoms, sandy Bottom.
Depths are from 25 to 15 fathoms over a sandy bottom, making a good cod ground in April and May.
Depths are about 35 fathoms over a sandy bottom and 50 fathoms all about it.
Upon this we weighed, and stood in till dark, and then anchored in nine fathoms, having a fine, clear, sandy bottom.
The French navigator having passed without side of this island, I steered within, through a passage of a short mile wide; and had 17 fathoms for the shoalest water, on a sandy bottom.
At the time we stood out of the bay the ship was three miles within the outermost islands, and not more than a cable's length from the shore of Point Hood, and we had 7½ fathoms, sandy bottom.
We rode in six fathoms water, a sandy bottom, and about four or five leagues from the main land; Cape Newenham bearing S.
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