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Page 95
And the great Riuer or Sound , they certified me , was of breadth two or three
leagues , and had no ground at twentie fathoms , and that the water was of the
colour of the Sea , and very salt , and that the streame setteth strongly out of it . At
sixe ...
And the great Riuer or Sound , they certified me , was of breadth two or three
leagues , and had no ground at twentie fathoms , and that the water was of the
colour of the Sea , and very salt , and that the streame setteth strongly out of it . At
sixe ...
Page 96
The third , the wind at North a hard gale : At three a clocke this morning wee
weighed our anchor , and set sayle , purposing to runne into the Riuer or Sound
before spoken of . The fourth , in the morning it cleered vp with the wind at North ...
The third , the wind at North a hard gale : At three a clocke this morning wee
weighed our anchor , and set sayle , purposing to runne into the Riuer or Sound
before spoken of . The fourth , in the morning it cleered vp with the wind at North ...
Page 102
... and so to thirtie three degrees ; and along the Coast to the Northward , to fortie
two degrees and an halfe , and up the Riuer neere to fortie three degrees .
Written by Robert IVET , of Lime - house . ON Saturday the fiue and twentieth of
March ...
... and so to thirtie three degrees ; and along the Coast to the Northward , to fortie
two degrees and an halfe , and up the Riuer neere to fortie three degrees .
Written by Robert IVET , of Lime - house . ON Saturday the fiue and twentieth of
March ...
Page 137
found it shoald all the middle of the Riuer , for wee could finde but two fathoms
and a halfe , and three fathomes for the space of a league ; then wee came to
three fathomes , and foure fathomes , and so to seuen fathomes , and Anchored ,
and ...
found it shoald all the middle of the Riuer , for wee could finde but two fathoms
and a halfe , and three fathomes for the space of a league ; then wee came to
three fathomes , and foure fathomes , and so to seuen fathomes , and Anchored ,
and ...
Page 138
The fourteenth , in the morning being very faire weather , the wind South - east ,
we sayld vp the Riuer twelue leagues , and had fiue fathoms , and fiue fathoms
and a quarter lesse ; and came to a Streight betweene two Points , and had eight
...
The fourteenth , in the morning being very faire weather , the wind South - east ,
we sayld vp the Riuer twelue leagues , and had fiue fathoms , and fiue fathoms
and a quarter lesse ; and came to a Streight betweene two Points , and had eight
...
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| Title | Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year ... Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year, New-York Historical Society |
| Author | New-York Historical Society |
| Publisher | I. Riley, 1811 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Mar 2008 |
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