From 1741 AN ACCOUNT, SHEWING THE PROGRESS OF THE COLONY OF GEORGIA IN AMERICA, FROM IT'S FIRST ESTABLISHMENT. [Edited for readability by Amy] APPENDIX 6: AFFIDAVIT OF Thomas PEARCE Thomas Pearce, aged Forty Years and upwards, of the Dover Man of War, Mariner, having been at Georgia in America on board the Peter and James, Captain George Dymond, in the Year 1735; and, from that Ship, on board the Hawk Sloop, Stationed at Georgia until the Beginning of the 1739, and having Sounded every Inlet from the Sea all along the Coast of Georgia, from Jekyll Sound to Tybee Sound, do solemnly swear: 1. That the said Coast Four Leagues from the Land is all even Ground, not less than Seven or Eight Fathom Water, and any Ship keeping in that Depth of Water may Steer along it with the greatest Safety and Anchor if they have occasion. 2. That on the Bar at Jekyll there is at least 13.5 feet at low Water, and at High Spring Tides 24 feet; and on the Bar at Tybee there is at least 16.5 feet at low Water, and at High Water Spring Tides 25.5 feet; and the Difference between the Spring and Niep Tides is generally between Three and Four Feet. 3. That he is well assured and would undertake by Sounding with a Boat, even at Niep Tides, to carry in 40-Gun Ships over either of the said Bars; 4. That he has seen in the Sound at St. Simon’s, from Jekyll Bar, Ten Sail of Ships at one Time, and that Ten or Twelve 40-gun ships may safely ride there; but behind Jekyll Island there is Water and Room enough for Shipping for Ten Miles up; and that the Sound at Tybee is large enough to hold with Safety Seven or Eight 40-gun ships. 5. That Ships in Jekyll Sound may in 24-hours from the Bar run out into the Gulf-Stream of Florida, through which Stream the Spanish Galleons (when not passing the Winward Passage) always come. Thomas Pearce.