The Voyages and Adventures of Capt. Barth. Sharp And others, in the South Sea Being A Journal of the same …. (1684), pp. 98-101.

12 [October, 1681]. Wednesd. 5. Leagues East, Latitude by judgment, 49. Degrees 59. Minutes, a hard gale of Wind, we under a main coarse. This Morning at four of the Clock, we made land, it was very high and mountainous Land; at break of day we saw a Showle to Windward of us, which by Gods providence we fell to Leward of in the Night, our Ship staying three times under a Main Coarse, or else we had been certainly upon it. In the Day the Wind a little abating, we set our Fore-Sail, and two Top Sails, and stood in for the Shoar; and seeing an opening, sent our Canoes in before the Ship, and found a very smooth place to anchor in, but deep Water: so we came to an Anchor in 45. Fathom Water. At going in, one of our Men fell out of the Sprit Sail-Top and was drowned; his name was Henry Shergall. In the Night our Cable cut with the Rocks, that we were forced to look for a better Harbour, which finding, we got our Ship in, and mored her to the Shoar with Hassers, and laid two Anchors out, which were all we had left.

Here we lay till Saturday, at which time our Ship brake loose, and her Stern grounded upon a Rock, which unshipt our Rudder, bowed three Pintels, and broke the Goose-Neck. About eight at Night we got her off, and mored her the second time.

On Monday we had a hard gust of Wind with Snow,

On Tuesday we had good weather, and we observed with our Astrolabes Latitude 50. Degr. 37. Min.

On Friday it rained with hard flaws of Wind, at N.W.

It hailed and rained with hard gusts of Wind from Saturday to Thursday, the 27. at which time, it being pretty fair weather, our Canoe went out a fowling, and found a Canoe with 3 Indians in it; who being near the Shoar, one of them got away, another was shot, and the other taken and brought on Board; but we could not understand him, only perceived he used to eat raw Flesh and Fish.

On Friday our Canoe went to see if they could find any more Indians, and by the help of our new Prisoner found several of their Houses, but the Inhabitants were all fled, and their Goods with them, if they had any; so we came on Board without any further discovery.

November 1. The Month and Weather changed together; so having fair weather we got up our Top-Masts, and bent our Sails: And on Friday the 4. we cast off our shoar Pass, and halled to our Anchors, and on Saturday went to Sea, the Wind at N.W. and W.N.W. hard gales of Wind.