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tifully entertained at the coft of thefe Fifties, fo 

 fuch of 'em as continued in the Sea, made fuffici- 

 ent reprifals upon the Corps of a Captain, and of 

 federal Soldiers, who dy'd of the Scurvy, and were 

 thrown over-board three or four days after. 



In the mean time the Wind veering to the Weft- 

 North- Weft, we were oblig'd to lye bye for five or 

 fix days ; but afcer that it chop'd to the North., 

 and fo we happily made Cape Rafe, tho' indeed our 

 Pilots were at a lofs to know where we were, by 

 reafon that they could not take the Latitude for ten 

 or twelve days before. You may eafily imagine,, 

 that \vas with great joy that we heard one of our 

 Sailors call from the Top-Maft, Land, Land, juft 

 as St Paul did when he approached to Maltha, iw 

 i^.ym ofu : For you muft know that when the Pi- 

 lots reckon they approach to Land, they ufe the 

 precaution of Tending up Sailors to the Top-Maft, 

 in order to fbme difcovery ; and thefe Sailors are 

 relieved every two hours till Night comes, at which 

 time they furl their Sails if the Land is not yet 

 defcry'd : So that in the Night-time they fcarce 

 make any way. From this it appears how impor- 

 tant it is to know the Coaft, before you approach 

 to it ; nay, the Paffengers put fuch a value upon 

 the difcovery, that they prefent the firft difcoverer 

 with fome Piftoles. In the mean time, you'll be 

 pleased to obferve, that the Needle of theCompafs, 

 which naturally points to the North, turns upon 

 the bank of Newfoundland, twenty three Degrees 

 towards the North- Weft; that is, it points there 

 a degree nearer to the Weft, than North-North- Weft* 

 This remark we made by our Compafs of Vari- 

 ation. 



We defcry'd the Cape about Noon j and in order 

 to confirm the Difcovery, flood in upon it with all 

 fails aloft. At laft, being alfur'd that 'twas the 

 Promontory we look'd for, an univerfal joy was 



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