Stood in shore, with a light breeze at South by West until 1/2 past 5 o'Clock in the P.M., when, being a Mile and a 1/2 from the Shore, and in 16 fathoms, we tack'd and stood off.

At this time the Extreams of the Land extended from North-East by East to West by South 1/2 South; this last was a low point, distant from us about 3 Leagues.

We were right before a small Creek or Inlet into the low land, which lies in the Latitude of 9 degrees 34 minutes South.

Probably it might be the same as Dampier went into in his Boat, for it did not seem to have depth of Water sufficient for anything else.

In standing in shore we sounded several times, but found no soundings until we got within 2 1/2 Miles of the Shore, where we had 25 fathoms, soft bottom.