We had a strong tide setting to the westward.
At one o'clock, being past the shoal, and finding the tide setting to the westward, I anchored in thirty-five fathom coarse sand, with small coral and shells.

Being nearest to Cockle Island, I immediately sent both the boats thither, one to cut wood, and the other to fish.

At four in the afternoon, having a small breeze at south-south-west, I made a sign for my boats to come on board.

They brought some wood, and a few small cockles, none of them exceeding ten pounds' weight, whereas the shell of the great one weighed seventy-eight pounds; but it was now high water, and therefore they could get no bigger.

They also brought on board some pigeons, of which we found plenty on all the islands where we touched in these seas: also in many places we saw many large bats, but killed none, except those I mentioned at Pub Sabuda.