had gathered a large quantity of beans, known, I believe, by the name of the Spaniſh broom: they alſo brought with them a conſiderable number of prickly pears. As ſoon as it was light, I ſent the boat, with cocoa nuts and garden ſeeds of every kind, which I cauſed to be ſown in the ſmall cove, at the South point, and ſtood with the ſhip off and on till they returned. In the afternoon, being within three or four miles of the cove, we got bottom, at forty-eight fathoms, fine ſand. I then ſent a boat, to ſound between us and the land, as well as to the Weſtward, when bottom was found at ten fathoms depth, at half a mile from the ſhore, to fifty fathoms, at three or four miles diſtance.
By ten the next day, I had coaſted the South and Weſt parts of the iſle, and ſounded frequently, particularly in a ſmall bay, at the North Weſt, where we found good bottom, but it was expoſed to the North Weſt winds, which are repreſented to be the prevailing ones: though I found the winds, in general, Eaſterly. The unſettled weather we had lately experienced, was ſufficient to prevent my anchoring at this ſeaſon, although in with the iſle, unleſs in a more ſecurely ſheltered bay, then I had as yet diſcovered.
