Every one was charmed with the place; but, as all apprehenſions of the ſcurvy or any other diſeaſe was at an end, and we had got a large proviſion of turtle on board, the anxiety of my people, to commence the fiſhery, in which, they all had a proportionate intereſt, began to ſhew itſelf; nor was I diſpoſed to check their ſpirits, or delay their wiſhes; being well aſſured, that they would be overjoyed to return hither, at no very diſtant period, when I ſhould have an opportunity to viſit the reſt of theſe iſlands.
June 28.On the twenty-eighth of June we weighed anchor, and ſailed round the Eaſt point, with a view of beating a ſmall diſtance to the Southward, in order to determine the particular iſle, we had viſited, according to the deſcription of the Buccaneers and the Spaniſh map, but my endeavours were not ſucceſſful. While we were at anchor, it was ſuppoſed, that we ſaw land in the North Weſt, at the diſtance of fourteen or fifteen leagues; but this was by no means aſcertained; though, according to Dampier, moſt of the iſles ought to have been in ſight of us, by allowing the difference of a few miles of Latitude between us and him.
July 1.On the firſt of July, we ſaw a ſmall iſle which I beat up to; and, taking obſervations within a few miles of it, place