Travels Through 



A large ship passed through the fleet about four 

 o'clock in the afternoon: and in the evening another 

 vessel bore down upon the sternmost ships, and 

 spoke v^ith them. 



May 2. Fair, pleasant w^eather. The next day 

 we found by our reckoning that we had made a hun- 

 dred leagues from the Land's End. 



May 4. Strong, violent gales at north-and-by- 

 west. In the evening the Molly, Captain Chew, had 

 her maintop-mast carried away, and hoisted a signal 

 of distress. 



May 5. From this time to the 14th, nothing re- 

 markable happened: the wind was seldom fair, but 

 the weather being moderate, we made frequent visits, 

 and passed our time very agreeably. 



May 14. Captain Necks fell ill of a fever, and 

 continued indisposed several days: he began to mend 

 about the 17th. 



May 19. In the afternoon, a sudden and violent 

 squall from the north-west obliged us to lie-to under 

 our reefed main-sail: it continued to increase, and 

 blew a storm for about thirty-six hours, when it be- 

 gan to moderate. 



May 21. We made sail in the afternoon, with four 

 ships in company; and the next day in the evening 

 were joined by eighteen more. From that time to the 

 28th, nothing remarkable happened: we had gen- 

 erally pleasant weather, but adverse winds. We 

 frequently visited; and were much entertained with 



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