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than that from Europe to America. Befides 

 this, the winds in the Atlantic during 

 fummer are frequently partial, fo that a 

 ftorm may rage on one part of it, and 

 within a few miles of the place little 

 or no ftorm at all may be felt. In winter 

 the winds are more conftant, extenfive and 

 violent ; fo that then the fame wind reigns 

 on the greater part of the ocean for a good 

 while, and caufes greater waves than in 

 fummer. 



Auguft the 30th. As I had obferved the 

 night before fome ftrong flafhes of lighten- 

 ing without any fubfequent clap of thunder, 

 I enquired of our captain, whether he could 

 aflign any reafons for it. He told me thefe 

 phoenomena were pretty common, and the 

 confequence of a preceding heat in the at- 

 mofphere ; but that when lightenings were 

 obferved in winter, prudent navigators were 

 ufed to reef their fails, as they are by this 

 fign certain of an impendent ftorm ; and fo 

 likewife in that feafon, a cloud riling from 

 the north-weft, is an infallible forerunner 

 of a great tempeft. 



Septe?nber the 7th. As we had the firft day 

 of the month contrary wind, on the fecond 

 it fhifted to the north, was again contrary the 

 third, and fair the fourth and following 

 days. The fifth we were in forty deg. 

 A 4 three 



