of the I jland of Barbado^s, 



was thebeftin the Hland, and a place meant for the chief Port for all | 

 Traffick in the lOand 5 but by means of a great mifchief that Ships were | 

 fubjed to in that Harbour, it was almoft totally defertcd, for the Sea | 

 there was lb Kocky inthe bottom, and thofe Rocks fo thick together, 

 and (harp vvithall, as they cut the Cables off near to the Anchor, and 

 fothe Anchor is often left in the bottom. There was a D///r/» man that 

 lay there but three dayes, and in that little ftay loft two Anchors. 

 - From this Iiland to the 5^/r/'<f^/'?ej- 5 we account 620 leagues, which 

 by, reafonoFthe conftancy of the winds, v/hich blow feldom in any 

 other point than NoreEaft' and b) Eaft , they haveufually faifd it in 

 fixteen or feventeen dayes 5 but we,for that it v/as the time o£ Tornado^ 

 when the winds chop about into the South, werefbmewhat retarded 

 in our pailage, and made it twenty two dayes e're we came thither, and 

 many have made it afar longer time, for in the time oitornadoj the 

 clouds interpofefothick.and darken the sky, fb much as we are not 

 able to make any oblervation for a fortnight together 5 and fo being 

 doubtful of our Latitude, dare not make the beft ufe of our Sails and 

 way, for fear of Hipping by the Illand , and being paft it, can hardly 

 beat, it up again, without putting out into the Main, and ib by painful 

 traverfes recover our felvesto theEaftward of the Iiland,and then fall 

 back again to the due Latitude upon it at [5 degrees.and 50 minutes. 



Befides this pains and lofs of time , v^hen we mifs the Ifland, we 

 many times run hazards by falling upon the Leeward lilands in the 

 night, of which the Bay oillexko is well ftor'd. 



In this long reach ("which may be calfd a Voyage it felfj I had 

 only two things to make the way feem Qiort , the one was pleafure, 

 the other bufinefs ; that of pleafure, was to view the heavens and the 

 beauty of them, which wereobjedsoffb great glory , that the Inha- 

 bitants of the world from 40 degrees to either pole, can never be wit- 

 nefs ofl And this happens at the time when the Tornado is with thole 

 of that Latitude where we were, for the clouds being exhard in great 

 quantities, fome thick and grofs , fome thin and aerial , and being 

 hurl'd and roll'd about with great and leffer curies , the Sun then and I 

 there being far brighter than with usYiCVQinEtigUrul ^ caufed fuch glo- 

 rious colours to reft upon thofe clouds^as 'tis not poflible to be believed 

 by him that hath not feen it , nor can imaginatjion frame fb great a 

 beauty, the reafbn is, the nearnefs and propinquity of the place we 

 are in, which makes us fee the glory of the Sun , and of thofe Stars 

 which move in that Horizon much more perfedly , than at a further 

 diftance, the proof of this! found by looking on the Stars that appear 

 large and bright to us in England., which being feen there, do not on- 

 ly iofe much of their light, but of their magnitude, for inftancc, there 

 is a little Star calfd ^//^/^^.^ near the ckarlcs IVaine^ which in England I 

 have feen very perfedly in bright nights but at that diftance I could 

 never fee it in the cleareft night , though I have often attempted it. 

 And upon my return to England^ Ifoundit'as I left it 5 which argues 

 it was no decay or impediment in my fight that made me lofe it, but 

 only the diftance of place. I deny not but a better fight than mine may 

 fee this Star Auriga at the Barbadoes but then lb good a fight may fee 

 it more perfectly in £»g/^«^i than lean, and fo the comparifon holds. 

 But, smother reafon to prove the C^eleftial bodies brighter at a nearer 

 .', F 2 diftance 



