THE 

 VOYAGE AND A 1) V E N T U E E S 



OF 



FEANCIS LEGUAT, Etc. 



PART II. 



At length the time for our Departure came, when having 

 recommended, our selves to the Almighty Power, which even 

 the Winds and Seas obey,^ we re-embark'd on our poor Grally, 

 the 21st of May, 1693. At first we only made use of our 

 Oars, little or no Wind being stirring; and also that we 

 might more exactly observe the Sea-marks'^ we had set up, by 

 which means we in a short time safely pass'd the Piocks and 

 Shoals : But a Moment after, one of our Oars broke, as we 

 were endeavouring to avoid the Eapidity of a Current which 

 wou'd have hurry 'd us into a dangerous ^cZ^Z^^; and the Calm 

 rendring our Sails useless, we thought we must inevitably 

 perish. True it is, we were all seiz'd with a great fright, and 

 I dare say, not one amongst us but wou'd have prefer'd a 

 favourable Wind to the finest Woman in the World. At 

 last a small Gale"* arose, which assisted by our other Oar, 



1 Vide L'Evangile selon S. Matthieu, viii, 27 : " Qui est celui-ci, que 

 les vents meuies et la mer lui obeisseut ?" 



2 In orig. : " les balises." ^ In orig. : "endruit." 



* In orig. ; " un peu de frais s'eleva." Compare Southey's Thalaba. 

 Vide infra. 



" The little boat rides rapidly, 

 And now with shorter toss it heaves 

 Upon the heavier swell ; 

 And now so near, they see 

 The shelves and shadows of the cliff, 

 And the low-lurking rocks 

 O'er whose black summits, hidden half, 



