8 September 1748. 



three min. north lat. and between fif- 

 ty-three and fifty-four deg. weft long, 

 from London. 



Besides the common waves rolling with 

 the wind, we met on the 4th. and 5th. 

 inft. with waves coming from fouth-weft, 

 which the captain gave as a mark of a 

 former ftorm from that quarter in this 

 neighbourhood. 



September the 8th. We croffed by a 

 moderate wind, a fea with the higheft 

 waves we met on the whole paffage, attri- 

 buted by the captain to the divifion between 

 the great ocean and the inner American gulf; 

 and foon after we met with waves greatly 

 inferior to thofe we obferved before. 



September the 9th. In the afternoon we 

 remarked that in fome places the colour of 

 the fea (which had been hitherto of a deep 

 blue) was changed into a paler hue -, fome of 

 thefe fpots were narrow ftripes of twelve or 

 fourteen fathoms breadth, of a pale green 

 colour, which is fuppofed to be caufed by 

 the fand, or as fome fay, by the weeds un- 

 der water. 



September the 12th. We were becalmed 

 that day, and as we in this fituation ob- 

 ferved a fhip, which we fufpeded to be a 

 Spanifh privateer, our fear was very great ; 

 but we faw fome days after our arrival at 



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