many ripplings, like the overfalls of some rapid tide, yet found none.  At six this evening, we again anchored our boat in sixty-eight f. on oozy sand, and found a slight current to the southwards.  By the 15th, at noon, we had ran seventeen leagues N.E. by N. and our latitude was 28 deg. 30’ N. the current having carried us seven leagues to the north of our reckoning.  We had here forty-five f. sandy ooze.  The 16th, at noon, in 21 deg. 20’ N. we had sight of three islands, the eastermost N.N.W. the westermost N.W. and the nearest land nine leagues off.  We had here twenty-two f. on oosy sand, the wind being E.S.E. and very fresh; but, from Cape Verelly till now, the wind had always blown from S.S.E. to S.W.  Next morning, at eight, we had twenty-eight f. on ooze, having run, from noon of the 16th, eleven leagues S.W.  Finding the wind to increase, we thought it better to come here to anchor than to run back again.

In the morning of the 18th June, the weather being somewhat fair, we endeavoured to weigh our anchor; but when it was right apeak, the cable gave way, though a new one, never before wetted, by which we lost our anchor.  Just at this time the Unicorn fired a gun, on which I sent immediately to know what was amiss, and was informed she had sprung a great leak, by which all her men were tired out with bailing.  I then sent thirty men to her aid, to ease her crew, till it might please God they should find the leak.  This day we had the wind at S.E. and stood E. making our course N.E. till six p.m. when we again saw the former high island ten leagues from us, bearing N.N.E. one-third E. This evening our men returned from the Unicorn with the joyful news that the great leak was firmly stopped.  From six p.m. till midnight, we made fourteen leagues N.E. when we had twenty f. in ooze.  From that time, till five next morning, we stood to the southwards, making a S.W. course three and a half leagues.

From five in the morning of the 19th, we cast about towards the land, with the wind at S.E. making a course N.E. and at six o’clock were within eight leagues of the before-mentioned high island, bearing from as N. by E. At eight this morning, Mr Roberts, the master of the Unicorn, came on board the James, to inform me that another great leak had broke out in that ship, and that it was necessary to seek out for some smooth place to ride in at anchor, to enable them to search out the leak, and fit their foremast better into the step.  Upon this intelligence, I resolved to bear up under the lee of the great island, which bore now from us N. by E. in hope to find there a smooth anchorage for the purposes of the Unicorn.  There were many more islands in sight, both to the eastwards and westwards of us, but that being the nearest, and the likeliest for our purpose, and only three leagues from us, we steered for it.  The night approaching, and the wind becoming dull, we plied off and on till morning of the 20th, when the wind had come round