172 CSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



The 5th of Auguft, i6° 48' N. L. 



This day and the preceding night we had 

 moftly calm and clear weather ; afterwards the 

 wind was changeable; towards evening it light- 

 ened j about twelve o'clock at night it rained 

 very hard, with much lightning, during which 

 the whole fky was covered with clouds. On 

 the foretop fomething like a little ftar was 

 perceived. The Counfellor of Chancery, Mr. 

 KUngenJliema^-Ay^'m the learned fpeech which 

 he delivered in 1755, on the neweft electrical 

 experiments, when he refigned the office of 

 Prefident of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 

 that fuch flames are electric, being emitted 

 from an electrical cloud, which ferves as a 

 conductor. Among the ancient naturalifts 

 thefe flames were mentioned under the names 

 of Helena, Cajlor and Pollux, 



The 8th of Auguft, 22 4' N. L. 



Pied R a Blanca, or the White rock, came 



within our fight, towards noon. The wind 



j abating, 



