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has withftood, are almofl: incredible. Often 

 have I felt aftonifhed that the huge feas and 

 raking winds have not torn every plank 

 afunder, and fiiivered her to atoms. Her top- 

 mafts, yards, and different parts of the rigging 

 have been carried away — her fails fplit — the 

 quarter boards ftove in : things have been 

 wafhed overboard from the deck— feas have 

 broken over her — fprays dafhed in the cabin 

 windows — and various other accidents and 

 difafters have befallen her: yet all have been 

 repaired, and fhe ftill rides triumphant ! 



Often our party meet with drooping 

 countenances, and fit down in gloomy filence, 

 not recovering their fpirits throughout the 

 day ! At other times they grow reftlefs and 

 irritable, and cannot remain a quarter of an 

 hour in the fame place. During the feverity 

 of the ftorm I have often remarked how differ- 

 ently the fcene has affeded the minds of thofe 

 accuftomed, and thofe who are unaccuftomed 

 to the fea. The failor, patiently obferves the 

 gale, lowers the yards and topmafts, furls 

 or reefs his fails, makes alhfnug, and thanks 

 the tempeft for a holiday — heedlefs of the 



