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Evening, after we had failed about eighteea 

 Leagues, we were becalm'd. The Sea bein^ 

 quiet, we faw a great number ofTortoifes 

 fwimming above Water, feveral Bonle-mfeSy 

 fifh of about three yards long, * and very- 

 thick, and Hawks flying over to the Barbae 

 ry Coalt. The Hills of Granada wcvq feen 

 plainly by us, though at a great diftance. 



The Wind coming Eafterly, we kept at 

 Sea, beating and plying to and again for 

 thefe four days, fcarce gaining fixteen Leagues 

 of our way, and were forc'd to come to aa 

 Anchor in the Bay of Adera^ where there is 

 a ftrong Cittadel, about thirty four or thirty 

 five Leagues from MaUga. 



21. We pafTed by Cape deGata: but the 

 Levant wind ftill blowing, having continued 

 almoft: in that Point for above two Months, 

 as we computed from what they had told 

 us at fangier^ we could make but little pro- 

 grefs in our Voyage- 



25. Between three and four of the Clock 

 in the Morning the Tornado's began to blow, 

 and the Wind violent for the time, withfuch 

 continued Flaflies of Lightning for feveral 

 hours, as that the whole Sky feemed to be. 

 on fire, intermixed with terrible Claps of 

 Thunder, after which followed great fhow- 

 crs of Rain. 



25. The Wind ftilV contrary, we defcry^d 

 Cape St. Martin at about fifteen Leagues dif- 

 tance- Tacking about and Handing off to 

 Seaward, next Morning 27. we found that 

 we had loft about three Leagues of our way. 



28. We were athwart Orlando^ s Gap within 

 two Leagues of the Shore, Ca^e St. Martin 



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