NOVEMBER 11.
We sailed at six o'clock, passed through "Nob's Hole," the
"Girdler's Hole," and "the Pan" (all very dangerous sands,
and particularly the last, where at times we had only one foot
water below us), by half-past four, and at five came to an anchor
in the Queen's Channel. Never having seen any thing of the
kind before, I was wonderfully pleased with the manoeuvring of
several large ships, which passed through the sands at the same
time with us: their motions seemed to be effected with as much
ease and dexterity as if they had been crane-necked, carriages;
and the effect as they pursued each other's track and windings
was perfectly beautiful.
