After well considering both what I had seen my self and the report of the Master, who was of opinion that the Passage to Leeward would prove dangers; this I was pretty well convince'd of my self that by keeping in with the main land we should be in continual danger besides the risk we should run in being locke'd in within the Main reef at last and have to return back to seek a passage out, an accident of this kind or any other that might happen to the Ship would infallibly loose our passage to the East Indias this season and might prove the ruin of the Voyage as we have now little more than 3 Months provisions on board and that at short allowance in many Arti[c]les. These reasons had the weight with all the officers. I therefore resolved to weigh in the morning and endeavour to quet the coast altogether untill we could approach it with less danger, With this View we got under sail at day light and stood out NE for the NW end of Eagle Lizard Island, leaving Eagle Island to windward of us ^and some other Islands & Shoals to leward having the Pinnace a head sounding in this channell we had from 9 to 14 fathom At Noon the NW end of Lizard Island bore ESE distant one mile Latde observed 14°..38' St depth of water 14 fathom We now took the Pinnace in tow knowing that there was no danger till we got out to the Reefs without the Island -