weather, during the greater part of the afternoon, the winds were at South Eaſt by Eaſt, and we ſteered North, North Weſt with all ſail ſet to get to an anchorage before night, keeping the lead conſtantly going, and during a run of eleven miles, our ſoundings were from thirty to thirty-ſix fathoms, and on drawing near to the North Eaſt point of Quibo, ſhoaled quick to ten fathom and an half, in which bottom we came to anchor; the North end of Quibo bearing North Weſt by North; and the South end, South Eaſt by South. The boats were immediately ſent to diſcover the watering place.
It was calm through the night and the early part of the morning, when we weighed anchor on the flood tide, to tow to a more convenient ſituation, but finding the water ſhoal to four fathom, and the bottom very viſible, it was diſcovered that we were nearly ſurrounded by a reef which extended four or five miles from the ſhore. By the active conduct of the boats crew an anchor was carried out, and we warped off into ten fathom; a breeze then ſpringing up from the Eaſt, we made ſail, and ran along the edge of the reef, ſounding ſeven, eight, nine and ten fathoms, at the diſtance of a mile and half from the ſhore. We ſoon after came to anchor and moored in the bay of Port de Dames in nineteen fathoms: the North point of the bay in a line with the North point of Iſle Sebacco, bore North North Eaſt, the watering place North 44° Weſt; and South point Iſle Quibo South 32° Eaſt. Latitude by obſervation 7° 27′, and Longitude 82° 10′.
