At six o’clock the next morning, we weighed and worked with the tide, which set the same as the day before, but we could not gain an anchoring-place, so that at noon we bore away for York Road again.  I took this opportunity to go up Bachelor’s River in my jolly-boat, as high as I could, which was about four miles:  In some places I found it very wide and deep, and the water was good, but near the mouth it is so shallow at low water, that even a small boat cannot get into it.

At six o’clock on the 5th we weighed again, and at eight, it being stark calm, we sent the boats a-head to tow; at eleven, however, the tide set so strong from the westward, that we could not gain the bay on the north shore, which the boat had found for us on the 4th, and which was an excellent harbour, fit to receive five or six sail:  We were therefore obliged to anchor upon a bank, in forty-five fathom, with the stream anchor, Cape Quod bearing W.S.W. distant five or six miles, the south point of the island that lies to the east of the cape, being just in one with the pitch of it, and a remarkable stone patch on the north shore, bearing N.1/2 W. distant half a mile.  Close to the shore here, the depth of water was seventy-five fathom.  As soon as we were at anchor, I sent an officer to the westward to look out for a harbour, but he did not succeed.  It was calm the rest of the day, and all night, the tide setting to the eastward from the time we anchored till six o’clock the next morning, when we weighed, and were towed by the boats to the westward.  At eight a fresh breeze sprung up at W.S.W. and W. and at noon Cape Quod bore E. by S. at the distance of about five miles.  In this situation I sent the boats out again to look for an anchoring-place, and about noon, by their direction, we anchored in a little bay on the south shore, opposite to Cape Quod, in five and twenty fathom, with very good ground.[31] A small rocky island bore W. by N. at the distance of about two cables’ length, the eastermost point E. 1/2 S. and Cape Quod N.E. by N. distant about three miles:  In this place we had shell-fish of various kinds in great plenty.  The Tamar not being able to work up to us, anchored about two o’clock in the bay on the north shore, about six miles to the eastward of Cape Quod, which has been mentioned already.  During the night it was stark calm, but in the morning, having little airs of wind westerly, I weighed about eight o’clock, and worked with the tide.  At noon Cape Quod bore E. by S. distant between two and three leagues, and Cape Monday, which is the westermost land in sight on the south shore, W. by N. distant about ten or eleven leagues.  This part of the strait lies W.N.W.1/2 W. by the compass, and is about four miles over; so that the craggy mountains which bound it on each side, towering above the clouds, and covered with everlasting snow, give it the most dreary and desolate appearance that can be imagined.  The tides here are not very strong; the ebb sets to the