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caufe at that time his rays make no fenfible angle : 

 on which account, when there is the leaft fufpicion 

 of being near the land, failors dare not carry much 

 fail in the night-time. The fecond was, that the 

 captain of the Bellona was refolved to touch ac 

 the Havannah \ and, being perfuaded, that the 

 currents let to the eaft, he made as much waft- 

 ing as he thought necefTary, not to overlhoot his 

 port. 



He was, however, very near pafling by the Ha- 

 vannah, without knowing it. 1 was told, early 

 in the morning, that they faw land ; I afked how 

 it appeared, and from the defcription he gave me, 

 I was certain, that it was Cape de Sed. They laugh- 

 ed at me, and two officers of the Adour, who 

 were with us, were the firft to maintain that I 

 was miftaken. I got upon deck and ftill perfifted 

 in my opinion contrary to that of the whole crew, 

 our pilots alluring us, that we were fixty leagues 

 farther to the weft. At fun-fet I perceived the tabic 

 of Marianne, but I was ftill fingular in my opi- 

 nion ; in the meantime we had a contrary wind, 

 which obliged us to tack all night, ftanding out to 

 fea-wards, and then afterwards, in towards the 

 fhore. 



J On the morrow, at mid-day, we were ftill in 

 fight of the two lands which had been the fubject 

 of our difpute, when drawing nearer the Ihore, 

 we perceived the Havannah before us, which gave 

 great joy to the captain, he having a large private 

 adventure, which he expected to difpofe of to ad- 

 vantage among the Spaniards. His intereft did 

 not concern me ; but if we had been farther out 

 at fea, and had not had contrary winds during the 

 A a 3 night, 



