On The 11th We Took A Bark Of Fifty
Tons, Laden With Plank And Cordage, As If Sent On Purpose For Our
Present Service.
This was in sight of Gallo, under which island we
anchored next day with our prize, which we kept to use in the intended
enterprise.
The island of Gallo is in lat. 2 deg. 45' N. long. 76 deg. 38' W.
from London,[209] and about five leagues from the main; being two
leagues long and one league broad. When approached from the south, it
shews three hummocks which seem at a distance as three separate islands,
the land between being very low; but when to the N.W. of the S. end you
will see a small island, or rock rather, resembling a ship under sail.
From this island the main land is in sight, being very low near the sea,
but prodigiously high up the country. We anchored off the N.W. part of
this island, two cables length from the shore, in thirty-five fathoms on
hard sand, the N. point bearing N. 1/2 W. and the S. point S.W. The
watering place goes in with a full gap, over which, on the hill, is a
plain spot of red earth, bearing N.W. 1/2 N. but there are several other
good watering places in the island. The best anchorage is on the N.E.
part at Legnetta, where a ship may wood and water quite secure from
any enemy.
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