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the fallors, who were, varloufly, aduated 

 by feelings of indolence, anxiety, or in- 

 difference. One of them being called upon 

 deck, and defired to go aloft, to do fomething 

 that was expedient at the top of the maft, idly 

 crawled up, from below, muttering, I'd 

 rather be drowned in the fea, dammee, 

 than at the maft-head" — another, obferving 

 a pafTenger in a fevere fit of vomiting, ex- 

 claimed — " dammee, he's only fick for 

 want o'grog" — and a third, as if refponfive 

 to the other, called out, " ftiff breeze Jack. 

 He'll be worfe yet ! Steward ! why don't you 

 give the gentleman a piece of fat pork to fettle 

 his ftomach." 



About five o'clock in the evening the 

 ftorm began to abate ; when torrents of 

 rain leffened the wind, and brought the failors 

 fome refpite from the haraffing, and perilous 

 duties of the day. From thofe who have re- 

 turned in fafety we hear many details of real, 

 and of imaginary diftrefs, of ludicrous in- 

 cidents, and of very truly affliding, and me- 

 lancholy events ; but the diftrefsful fum of the 

 whole is, that the fleet is feverely damaged* 



