- land: then perceiuing a breach ouer our bowe, and no hope of a
good harbour in that place, wee bare vp roome, and our Admirall after vs, whom wee haled: then hee tolde vs hee would seeke harbour to leewards, requiring me to go ahead.
The latitude of 27 degrees 50 minutes. Then seeing the barke was asterne, I hoised out my skiffe, [* repeated skiffe, previously removed here] and set her maste and saile, taking her ging, and Tobias one of my masters mates with mee, and ranne before the shippe, sounding in 15 fathome faire sand, leauing a ledge of rockes, asea-boord of vs; so the ships and the barke looffed vp vnder a headland, and ankered in eight fathom, halfe a mile off the lande, hauing brought the headland which lyeth in 27 degrees 50 minutes Southsoutheast off them, and the North land Northeast off them.
I stoode on with the skiffe, hoping to finde a better harbour to leeward three leagues, but it prooued not so: wherefore I returned, and in my way aboord I met with a rocke in the sea, where we landed, and killed good store of fowle, and after I went aboord the Admirall, where I presented him with fowle, and returned aboord to supper.
In this time our boates had bene aland, and found water, baliaste, and two decayed houses, as they tolde me, and our men aboord hooked fresh fish. This night we rode quietly.
A bay. The second, being Sunday, our masters moared our ships further into the bay. We brought the South point Southeast off vs, and the North land Northeast: and so rid.
Wels made by our men. After dinner captaine Parker, with my boat, and company, went a land, and there placed pipes, and made three wels. In the mean time, I accompanied with M. Hawkins, M. Maddox, M. Cotton, and diuers of mine owne people, landed farther within the bay, and found two riuers of fresh water, and a good fishing place.
An exceeding great draught of fish. Presently I sent aboord for my net, with which at one draught we drew 600 great mullets, and 5 great basses; the like draught was neuer seene with so small a net: with which we went aboord, giuing to the admirall 240, to the Francis, 80, and the rest our company spent, and gaue almighty God thanks for his great goodnesse.
The woods set on fire by our men. All this while was captaine Parker and others gone into the land, and fired the woods; which burned extremely.
The third day in the morning our carpenter
