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diftance, is, thatthe Moon being near the full (at which time it gives 
a'plentiful light) [have obferv’din the night, the having been for two 
hours of thereabouts, and atfuch atime as'the clouds being in a fit 
pofition to refleét the‘beamswhich the Moon then gives to the place 
wheréyou are, youfhall feea perfed& Rainbow in the night 5 ‘but this 
reft on, but only fuch as areinan angle where thefe beams refled and 
meéet ina juft*point. Diversnew conftellations we found to the South- 
ward, ‘which in our Horizon aré never {een , and among{t them one 
which we call'the Cruferos, which ismade up of four Stars, which ftand 
almoft {qQuaré, orrather like the claws ofa ‘birds foot, and the Seamen 
told'ts, ‘that tw6 of them point at théSouth pdéle, as the Painters of 
feen by us that come ‘from the Northern parts, till we’ be under the Line, 
and then we fee-béth North and Sonth, as we dotheStnin morning 
and -évening; at fix and fix. And‘thus much for pleaftire. ©  - * 
"Now for bulinelS 4t was only this, toinform my felf, the beft I could, 
of the:accompt the Mafter and his‘ Mates kept of theShips way , both 
fot'Compafs, Caids‘and Log-line, ‘together with the obfervations at. 
Noonyby that excellent and-wfefal inftrument the back-ftaff, by which 
we kriow'to-athile the Latitude we arein 5 and if we had an. inftru- 
ment tofind out the Longitude, «as perfe@ly, everyman might guide 
_ |aShip,.thareouldbarktep afaccomt. 
ee - nts the knowledge of this great -fecret ‘of the Ships ‘courfé , divers 
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_| the: Mafter-was noe forward'to communicate his skill to all that were 
does not happen at alltimes, though there'be cloudsfor the beams to! | 
the:Charles Wain-do tothe North Star’ ‘but the South pole cannot be | 
noon:;' whether it’ were hance, ‘or our skilfulnefs, I know-not, but’ 
we Wwon' the wager, ‘which'was4'‘couple of very fat Hens, which we 
drets'd, anc em. | 
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