Having a boat ahead, found our Soundings at first were very irregular, from 9 to 4 fathoms; but afterwards regular, from 9 to 11 fathoms.

At 8, being about 2 Leagues from the Main Land, we Anchor'd in 11 fathoms, Sandy bottom.

Soon after this we found a Slow Motion of a Tide seting to the Eastward, and rode so until 6, at which time the tide had risen 11 feet; we now got under Sail, and Stood away North-North-West as the land lay.

From the Observations made on the tide last Night it is plain that the flood comes from the North-West; whereas Yesterday and for Several days before we found it to come from the South-East.

This is neither the first nor second time that we have observed the same thing, and in my Opinion easy accounted for; but this I shall do in another place.