2#8 Capt. Bart HO. Roberts. 



Anchors loft there by the Tortuguez^e Ships \ and far^ 

 ther out (in 14 Fathom) coraily and Rocky. July. 

 is the worft. and Winter Seafon of this Coaft, the " 

 Trade Winds "being then very ftrong and dead, 

 bringing in a prodigious and unfa fe Swell into the 

 Road, intermixed every Day with Squalls, Rain, 

 and a hazey Horizon, but at other times ferener 

 Skies and Sunfliine* \ 



In thefe Southern Latitudes is; a Conftellation, . 

 which from fome Refemblance it bears to a Jerufa-- 

 lem Crofs, has the Name of Cri^y/w, the brighteft of 

 this Hemifphere, and are obferved by, as the North 

 Star is in Northern Latitudes-, but what I mention 

 this for, is, to introduce the admirable Phac^nomenon 

 in thefe Seas of the Megellanick. Clouds, whofe Ri- 

 fings and Sittings are fo regular, that I have been af- 

 fured, the fame Noflrurnal Obfervations are made 

 by them as by the Stars ^ They are two Clouds, 

 finall and whitifli, no larger in Appearance than a 

 Man's H^t, and are feen here in "July in the Latitude 

 of 8^ S. about four of the Clock in the Morning if 

 their Appearance ftiould be faid to be the Reflexion 

 of Light, from fbme Stellary Bodies above them, yet 

 the Difficulty is not eafily anfwered, how thefe, be- 

 yond others, become lb durable and regular in their 

 Motions. 



. From thefe cafual Obfervations on the Country, 

 the Towns, Coaft, and Seas of Brafl^ it would be an 

 Omiffion to leave the Subjeft, without fbme EfTay 

 on an interloping Slave Trade here, which none of 

 our Countrymen are adventrous enough to purfue, 

 though it very probably, under a prudent Manager, 

 would be attended with Safety and very great Pro- 

 fit and I admire the more it is not firiick at, be- 

 caufe Ships from the Southern Coaft of Africa^ don't 

 lengthen the Voyage to the IVefi-Indies a great deal, 

 by taking a Part of Brafl in their Way. 



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