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we met with, that af that time fet about South-* 

 Eaft, Of Eaft South-Eaft, which when once 

 becalmed we tried thus : We hoifed out a 

 Boat, and took one of the Scuttles that co- 

 yer'd one of the Hatches of the Ship, tying 

 thereto a great Weight, and a ftrong long 

 Rope, we let it link a confiderable depths 

 and then faftning it to the Boat, it ferv'd as 

 an Anchor, that the Boat could hot drive ; 

 then with the Glafs and logg Line we found 

 the Current fet, as I fay, Eaftward, at tfe 

 rate of a Mile and a half an Houh This 

 Current is of mifchievous Confequence, it 

 does not always run one way, but as it fets 

 fbmetimes as we proved Eafterly, fo does it^ 

 as they fay, fet^ at other times Weftetly^ 

 whereby many Ships have been loft ; for then 

 the Ships being before their Accounts, they 

 fall in with the Land before they are aware- 

 Thus one Year many Ships were loft oa Cape 

 Hattarajfe^ and thereabouts. 



Of the AIR,, 



THE Cape called Cafe Henry ^ lies in 361 

 of the Northern Latitude. The Air 

 and Temperature of the Seafons is much go- 

 vern'd by Winds in Virginia^ both as to Heat 

 and Cold, Drinefs and Moifture^ whofe Va- 

 riations being very notable, I tihe more la- 

 mented the lofs of my Barometers and Ther- 

 mometers , for confiderable Obfervations 

 might be made thereby, there being often 

 great and fuddain Changes. The Nore and 

 Nore-Weft are very nitrous and piercing, 



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