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. cDmparifcn. Cool replies of an old fteward- Odd tutnhlcs 

 and pojlures of the pajfengers amuftng to the failors. 

 Dinner fcene during a gale. Superfiition and prejudices 

 of Jailors. WhiflUng on board f^ip' Mother Cary*s 

 chicken, B/ozuing for a tuind. Marks of the Lord 

 Sheffield having pajjld the y^zores, - P^ge J 64 



LETTER xVnr. 



Lord Sheffeld arrives at Barbadoes, Setting in of the trade 

 wind. Striking change in the failing and working of the 

 flnp. Lord Sheffeld falls in with No. 4. tranfport^ with 

 a band of mufic on board — fpeaks a SpanifJj vejfel — alfo the 

 Britannia tranfport. Advantages of being on board a Wejl 

 India fhip. Author adopts a preparatory regimen^ to guard 

 him againjl the effects of climate. Exclamation of one of 

 the author^ s comrades^ on being firfl attacked with '^prickly 

 heat.^* Difant land viftble to failors long before it is to 

 others. Firfl appearance of Barbadoes. Lord Sheffield^ 

 happily, prevented by the land breeze, from going into the 

 harbour at night. Scenery on entering Carlijle hay^ 



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Ceremony of cleaning and painting Wefl India fhips. Feelings 

 of failors refpeEiing the failing of their vejpls. Tobacco an 

 univerfal cordial among failors. Specimen of oeconomy in a 

 young tar. Negro oeconomy. Baptifmal ceremony on crojf- 

 ing the tropic. Author and his comrades work at the cap* 

 flan An accident happens to Dr. C leghorn. Harpoons 

 and other inflruments prepared for f hiking fi[h. Peculiar 

 habit of porpoifes. Sharks ^ dolphins, and flying fifh ufed as 

 food. Stupidity of the Shark. Splendid appearance of a fJjoal 

 of dolphins* Remarks upon the flruclure^ and motion oj 

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