194 Of Capt. HowEL DAris. 



foutherly Winds and oppofite Currents ^ and if 

 too far to the Weft ward, the trade Winds are ftrong 

 and unfavourable for it obliges you to ftand in- 

 to 28 or 30^ Southern Latitude^ till they are va- 

 riable. 



Secondly, On the Northern Side of Guweyy if 

 Ships are b6und from the Gold-Coafi to Sierraleony 

 Cambiay or ellewhere to Windward, confidering 

 the Weaknefs of thefe Currents, and the Favou- 

 rablenefs of Land Breezes, and Southerly in the 

 Rains, Tuniadoes, andeven of theTradeWind, when 

 ^-breaft of Cape Palmasj it is more expeditious to 

 purfue the Paffage this Way, than by a long per- 

 ambulatory Courfe of 4 or 500 Leagues to the 

 Weftward, and as many more to the Northward, 

 which muft bebefore a Wind can be obtained, that 

 could recover the Coaft. 



Laftly, It is, in a great Meafure, owning to this 

 want of Inlets, and . the Rivers being fmall and 

 .iinnavigable, that the Seas rebound with fo dan- 

 gerous a SurlY thro' the whole Continent. 



Round the Shores of this Ifland, and at this Sea- 

 fon, (July^ j4iigu[i and September there is a great 

 Refort of Whale-Fiih, tame, and fporting very 

 nigh the Ships as they fail in, always in fairs, the 

 Female much the fmaller, and often feen to turn 

 on their Backs for Dalliance, the Prologue to en- 

 gendring : It has.an Enemy, called the Threlher, 

 a large Fiih too, that has its Haunts here at this 

 Seafon, and encounters the Whale, raifing him- 

 ^jfelf oiitof the Water a confiderable Heighth, and 

 falling again with great Weight and Force ^ it is 

 commonly faid alio, that there is a Sword Fifh 

 in thefe Battles, who pricks the Whale up to the 

 Surface again, but without this,! believe, he woul(i 

 fulfocate when put to quick Motions^ unlefs fre- 

 quently approaching the Air, to ventilate and re^. | 

 move the Impediments to a fvvifter Circulation : 



