Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 373
pre-viously visited. He sailed from England in January,1699, and sighted the western coast of New Holland,or Australia, on July 26. During August he searchedalong the coast, finding no convenient harbor or river,and unable to get water or provisions. The followingpages give his own account of his… … W but had no smell. E were now on the inner side ofthe island, on whose outside isthe Bluff point. We rode a leaguefrom the island, and I presently wentashore and carried shovels to digfor water, but found none. Theregrow here two or three sorts ofshrubs, one just like rosemary, andtherefore I…
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