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command. The EngliJIj and the Dutch exer- 

 cife the privileges of admiralty in the harbour, 

 fo that not a fingle iloop can get up to the town 

 without tneir permiifion. Their greatefl mer- 

 chant fhips are built after the European man- 

 ner. It is remarkable, that the older a fhip is, 

 the eafier it procures a cargoe, becaufe it is 

 thought to be lucky. The {hips which they 

 make ufe of againft: their enemies are called 

 goerabbs by the Dutch, and grabbs by the 

 Englijh, have two or three mafh, and are 

 built like our (hips, with the fame fort of rig- 

 ging, only their prows are low and fharp as 

 in gallies, that they may 'not only place fome 

 cannons in them, but likewife, in cafe of emer- 

 gency, fix a couple of oars, to pufh the grabb 

 on in a calm. Gal/water are left, and are 

 u-fed, like the grabbs, in piracies and for 

 trade. They have feldom more than one 

 maft, and incline forwards fixteen or eighteen 

 degrees: they have a fail, which at a certain 

 diftance looks triangular, though it has four 

 corners. The boat3 which- are called hurry 

 have the fame fails-. The fhip floop3> which 

 are worked on with faddles, are like the pre- 

 ceding, fomewhat pointed before, and narrow 

 behind. The planks of all thefe veflels are 

 made fo oblique, that they lie one above an- 

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