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the dinner are colleded ; and thofe who have 

 efcaped ficknefs, again attempt to eat. Some, 

 forefeeing all thefe accidents, fix themfelves 

 in a corner upon the cabin-deck, and take the 

 plate between their knees, fancying themfelves 

 in fecurity: but, quickly, they are tumbled, in 

 ridiculous poftures, to the other fide of the 

 cabin, fprawling, with outftretched limbs, like 

 frightened crabs. Some, having no calls of 

 appetite, join not in the feaft, but lie fwing- 

 ing up and down in their cots or hammocks ; 

 others remain rolling from fide to fide in their 

 births. Some cry out with fore brulfes ; fome 

 from being wetted with the fprays : one 

 calls for help ; another relieves his ftomach 

 from ficknefs ; while others, lamenting only 

 their dinner, loudly bewail the foup, the 

 meat, and the pudding. Some abufe the 

 helmfman ; others the fliip ; and others the 

 fea ; while all join in a chorus of impreca- 

 tions upon the wind. 



It has been, commonly, obferved that 



fallors have many prejudices and fuperfti- 



tions. They often predidt a gale, from cir- 



cumftances which feeia to bear no kind of 

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