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10. The Wind blew at S. S. W. and the 



Sea run very high^ fb that we were in danger 

 of loling our Cable and Anchor ; the Ground, 

 where we rode, at \6 Fathom i water, be- 

 ing fomewhat gruff. 



1^. The Wind comins; about at W. N. W. 

 We failed, and were Saluted with nine Guns 

 ixom Dover Caftle, and feven from one Fort, 

 and five from another. We carried a Flag 

 upon our Main-top, after we came out of the 

 Downs. The Wind in the Afternoon at N.E. 

 brought us by feven of the Clock to the Nefs^ 

 where we lay at- Anchor during the Tide 

 Flood ^ during which time the Mariners 

 caught good ftore of Whitings^ baiting their 

 Hooks with raw Mutton. 



16". We were in the morning athwart St. 

 flelen's Point in the Ifle of Wight ; where we 

 difcovered Sir Thomas Allen with his Squadron 

 under Sail, bound for the Straits. 



17. In the morning we got to the Weft of 

 Portland^ the Wind at N. by E. our Courfe 

 lying thereupon S. S. W. but about noon, 

 failing over part of the Race of Portland^ 

 where we met with a tumbling Sea, we An- ' 

 chored at the N. W. part in the Bay, over 

 againft the Point that looks towards Wey^ 

 mouth. We were afhore in the Ifland, which 

 feems to be but one continued Rock the 

 Soil in feveral places not being above five or 

 fix Inches deep, as I found by digging a hole 

 with my Knife ^ yet the Corn flqurifhing 

 enough. The Caftle confifts of a double For- 

 tification •, we could not obferve above five 

 Guns mounted. They told us, that in the 

 liland there was but i Church, and 4 Village s, 



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