ſome, which reſembled the thruſh and blackbird, in ſhape, colour, and ſize, with a few herons and a variety of ſmaller birds.
The tide muſt be an object of particular attention, in anchoring at, or ſailing from, this place: it ebbs and flows from ſixteen to eighteen feet, perpendicular, and, from the obſervations made by myſelf and the officers in the boats, it flows ſeven, and ebbs five hours; the ebb ſetting to the Eaſtward, and the flood to the Weſtward: but the flood runs not near ſo ſtrong, as the ebb, which runs at the rate of four or five knots an hour. The time of weighing and anchoring muſt alſo be attended to, as both ſets are right on the points of the bay; and, if its riſe and falls are regular, it will be high water at full and change, at four, A. M.
The rats, which are numerous, in this iſland, exactly reſemble the common rat in England, and were, probably, left here by the Buccaneers. As we found their neſts in the top of moſt of the trees which we cut down. I am diſpoſed to conjecture, that this is a very humid ſpot, at all times and ſeaſons.
