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Mozambique, the currents of which are, in this 

 feafon, direcled towards the fouth- weft, along 

 the coaft of Natal, which was in light. 



On the 26th, thefea was lb rough, that a wind- 

 mill, although Urongly lafhed on the poop, was 

 rolled overboard. As our fhip was much too 

 heavily laden, we thought ourfclves compen- 

 fatcd for this lofs by the advantage of being 

 lightened of a weight of lixty-four myriagrams. 

 I know not why we had encumbered ourfelves 

 with this almoft ufelefs machine, fince at the 

 anchorages, where we might have found wheat, 

 we mould alfo have found flour. Betides, a 

 hand-mill, not a lixth part of the weight, would 

 have been lefs cumberfome, and at the fame 

 time more ferviceable. 



The fhip rolled fo much, that the pendulums 

 of our time-keepers touched againfl the fides of 

 their cafes, which fhould have been made a 

 little wider. 



We ftill faw a great many flying-fifties, al- 

 though we had'paffed the latitude of 35 fouth. 



The quarter-galleries of both our fhips were 

 too low, efpecially for veffels that did not eafily 

 rife to the fea. It was to be feared that they 

 would be carried away, if we had remained in 

 fo rough water : the larboard quarter-gallery of 

 the Efperance had been already very much 

 damaged. 



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