At 5 a.m.

a breeze springing northerly we weigh'd and steer'd in for the Land.

The shore here forms a very large Bay, of which Portland is the North-East Point, and the Bay above mentioned is an Arm of it.

I would gladly have examin'd this Arm, because there appear'd to be safe Anchorage in it, but as I was not certain of this, and the wind being right an End, I did not care to spend time in Turning up to it.

At Noon Portland bore South 50 degrees East, and the Southermost land in sight bore South-South-West, distant 10 or 12 Leagues, being about 3 miles from the Shore, and in this situation had 12 fathoms water--24 fathoms have been the most Water we have had since we have been within Portland, every where clear ground.
The land near the Shore is of a moderate height, with white Cliffs and Sandy beaches.