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hour found sometimes 50 faths and a few minutes after get 8 & 10 with the hand lead. tho there had been a fresh breeze all day there was but little sea on and the surf in side of the breakers did no roll too heavily for a boat to land if well managed. with the glass could see any quantity of natives following us up picking up shells and gazing at us with great curiosity, pointing and moving their arms as if greatly excited. At 5 PM the water shoaling rapidly came to off Sandy Island. to the S of Sandy island is a point of land which extends out a great distance in the sea it is quite low. The sandy isle above mentioned is very low and on the n' end of the island to the nw about 2 miles is a line of coral reefs over which the breakes violently on each side of it is a bank or shoal on which very fine fish are caught by the Natives. The entrance to St. Augustin bay is by no means difficult the entrance laying to the W'd with plenty of water and from 10 AM till sun set the sea breezes blows fresh whilst from mid to 8 AM the land breezes blows off shore. so there is but little trouble going in