f; ordering him to seek for
fresh water; and if he found any to sound the bay and bring me word what
anchoring there was, and to make haste aboard.

As soon as they were gone I stood off a little and lay by. The day was
now far spent; and therefore it was late before they got ashore with the
boat; so that they did not come aboard again that night. Which I was much
concerned at; because in the evening, when the seabreeze was done and the
weather calm, I perceived the ship to drive back again to the westward. I
was not yet acquainted with the tides here; for I had hitherto met with
no strong tides about the island, and scarce any running in a stream, to
set me alongshore either way. But after this time I had pretty much of
them; and found at present the flood set to the eastward, and the ebb to
the westward. The ebb (with which I was now carried) sets very strong and
runs 8 or 9 hours. The flood runs but weak, and at most lasts not above 4
hours; and this too is perceived only near the shore; where, checking the
ebb, it swells the seas and makes the water rise in the bays and rivers 8
or 9 foot. I was afterwards credibly informed by some Portuguese that the
current runs always to the westward in the mid-channel between this
island and those that face it in a range to the north of it, namely
Misicomba (or Omba) Pintare, Laubana, Ende, etc.

THEY FIND WATER AND AN ANCHORING-PLACE.

We were driven 4 leagues back again, and took particular notice of a
point of land that looked like Flamborough Head, when we were either to
the east or west of it; and near the shore it appeared like an island.
Four or five leagues to the east of this point is another very remarkable
bluff point which is on the west side of the bay that my boat was in. See
two sights of this land, Table 6 Numbers 2 and 3. We could not stem the
tide till about 3 o'clock in the afternoon; when, the tide running with
us, we soon got abreast of the bay, and then saw a small island to the
eastward of us. See a sight of it Table 6 Number 4. About 6 we anchored
in the bottom of the bay in 25 fathom, soft oaze, half a mile from the
shore.

I made many false fires in the night, and now and then fired a gun that
my boat might find me; but to no purpose. In the morning I found myself
driven again by the tide of ebb 3 or 4 leagues to the westward of the
place where I left my boat. I had several men looking out for her; but
could not get sight of her: besides I continued