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the wind then was, except Icekiiid or Greeidand; 

 and those countries were locked up in frost and 

 darkness. xA.t last, to our no small joy, on Mon- 

 day the tw^enty seventh of November, it pleased 

 God to send us a fine north- w^est wind, which con- 

 tinued fair for us during the rest of the voyage. 

 On Thursday the thirtieth we struck soundings 

 in sixty-five fathoms of water, between Cape 

 Clear and Scilly; and there saw^ a dismasted, and 

 al)andoned vessel. We sent our ])oat on board 

 her, but got only a few kegs of water; her provi- 

 sions and sails having been all taken out. She 

 was the Hopew^ell from Newfoundland, laden with 

 dry fish, and belonged to Poole. Oiu' allow^ance 

 of water was dou])led to-day; the next day, it was 

 encreased to three pints; and we saw^ another 

 vessel upon a wind far to leeward. On Saturday 

 the second of r)ecem])er, we saw several vessels 

 ahead, and one on our starboard quarter wiiich 

 came ujd with, and spoke us; she was a small 

 schooner from Twillingate, in Newfoundland, to 

 Poole; had been out twenty four days, and had 

 met with no other, than w^esterly and north-west 

 winds. She belonged to Mr. Hezekiah Guy, who 

 was formerly a servant of mine, and w^as com- 

 manded })y a ])rotheT- of liis. T desired him to 

 make a i'0])0]'t of iiu', on liis nri'iA';il ;it Pooh'. At 

 three o'dofk in the aftei'noon, we had the pleas- 

 ure to get siglit of tlic l;iii<l, from tlic Landsend 

 to the Tiizzai'd. The wiiifl xccrcd soutliei'Iy in the 

 ni^lit, and blew hai'd; and .-it (\;\y bi'eak we had 

 the mortifieation to find a nciv thick fog, acconi- 



