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reach the ifland before them, as foon as poffible, 

 as within twenty-four hours there would be a 

 ftrong hurricane. Mr. Cock aflced him what reafons 

 he had to think fo, the old man replied, that on 

 founding, he faw the lead in the water at a dit* 

 tance of many fathoms more than he had feen it 

 before ; and that therefore the water was become 

 clear all of a fudden, which he looked upon as a 

 certain fign of an impending hurricane in the fea. 

 Mr. Cock like wife faw the exceffive clearnefs of 

 the water. He therefore gave immediate orders 

 for launching the boat, and towing the yacht, fo 

 that they arrived before night in a fafe harbour. 

 But before they hacj quite reached it the waves 

 began to rife more and more, and the water was 

 as it were boiling, though no wind was percep- 

 tible. In the enfuing night the hurricane came 

 on, and raged with fuch violence, that not only 

 many (hips were loft, and the roofs were torn off 

 from the houfes, but even Mr. Cock's yacht and 

 other (hips, though they were in fafe harbours, 

 were by the wind, and the violence of the fea, 

 wafhed fo far on fhore, that feveral weeks 

 elapled before they could be got off. 



AN old Dutch flapper faid, that he had once 

 caught a dogfifh in the bay of New Tork, which 

 being cut open, had a quantity of eels in his fto- 

 mach. 



Nov. 1 8th. MR. Bar tram (hewed rne an 

 earthen pot, which had been found in a place 

 where the Indians formerly lived. He, who firft 

 dug it out, kept greafe and fat in it to frnear his 

 fhoes, boots, and all forts of leather with : Mr. 

 Ear tram bought the pot of that man; it was yet 



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