The next day we stood in for the land till eight in the evening, when we had ground of red sand with forty-five fathom.
Close to the shore here, the depth of water was seventy-five fathom.
The land appeared to be barren and rocky, without either tree or bush: When I was nearest to it I sounded, and had forty-five fathom, with black muddy ground.
Here we struck ground with sixty-five fathom of line, and found the bottom to consist of grey sand, with black specks.
Macao road, infive fathom water, the city of Macao bearing W.
In standing from our last anchorage to this place we everywhere found an ouzy bottom, with a depth of water first regularly decreasing to five fathom, and then increasing to seven, after which we had six and five fathom alternately.
As we passed by the castle of Santa Cruiz, we saluted it with eleven guns, and were answered by an equal number; and at one in the afternoon the squadron came to an anchor in five fathom and a half, the governor's island bearing N.
At twelve we had fifty-five fathom, fine sand, of a pale bluish colour.
This day we sounded several times, and had forty-five fathom, sand.
In the mid-way between the isle of Portland and the Cape we had sixty-five fathom.
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