broken block was prefented to him he was 

 ftruck with furprlze at his efcape. The 

 wound has fmce healed kindly, and the doc- 

 tor fufFers, from It, no other Inconvenience 

 than, like poor Patrick, wearing, In his fore- 

 head, an honorable and warlike fear. 



During our fine tropical falling we were 

 frequently amufed In obferving the Immenfe 

 fhoals of porpolfes, dolphins, and flying fifh, 

 which, from time to time, affembled about the 

 fhip. The frightful fhark and fpouting gram- 

 pus alfo made us frequent vlfits. 



Harpoons and other Inftruments, called 

 gigs, or grains, were prepared for the purpofe 

 of taking thefe Inhabitants of the ocean. 

 They are formidable weapons of Iron, made 

 with barbed points, and at the time of ufing 

 them, a wooden handle, loaded with lead, is 

 affixed to them, together with a long cord ; 

 and they are ftruck into the animal while he 

 is fwimming at the fide of the fhip. If they 

 penetrate beyond the barb he Is unable to free 

 himfelf from the inftrament, and is turned 



