3 6 A Voyage to 



eafinefs for the Mary, which we had left, at the Clofe of 

 the Night, to the Leeward of us, and fallen off within 

 sbout a League of the Coaft; but our Joy was complete, 

 UlimtL^ W ^en. we efpy'd her again the next Morning. She had 

 gfo^ e fufferd by the foul Weather ; her Whipftaff had been 

 broke, and her Beak-head fliatter'd. A Calm fucceeding, 

 after that horrid Tempeft, we had the Opportunity of fend- 

 ing Carpenters aboard her, to put her into a Condition to 

 endure the Beating of the Sea, of which' ihe had, till 

 then, felt but a fmall Trial. 



The Wind afterwards coming from N. N. W. to N. N. 

 North about, a freih Gale, we, in 24 Hours, recover'd 

 Part of the Way we had loft lying by. From 43- Degrees 

 and a half, to 57, we had had no Eafterly Winds, and 

 fcarce any fair Days, but changeable and foggy Days, the 

 Winds ftill ranging from North to South, Weft about, 

 blowing frefh, excepting from 46 Degrees to 50, where 

 we had two Days of gentle Wind-. This Blaft at N. N.E. 

 was the more agreeable to us, becaufe we did not expert 

 any from thence > and it carry'd us from a Place where we 

 had been in great Danger. 



That good Wind ftarted to S. E. in a violent manner, 

 and obliged us to lie by fome Hours ; but it fell a little, 

 and we took the Advantage of k for 24 Hours, well 

 enough fatisfy'd to endure the vehement Cold it brought, 

 and theToffing of a dreadful Sea, which ftill carry'd us on 

 in our Courfe. It foon came back to South, and S.S. W. 

 fo violent., that we could fcaree carry our two Courfes 

 reefd. 



May the 14th, being in 58 Degrees, 5 Minutes Latitude^ 

 and 64, or 61 of Longitude, we loft Sight of the Mary. 

 We fancy'd ftie had tack'd to ftand Weftward >• we tack'd 

 an Hour after, in Qucft of her, but in vain r We faw her 

 110 more till we came to La Conception. 



The 17th, the Wind being at S. W. we flood, during 

 the Night, S. E. and by S. for fear of falling in upon 

 Earnevelfs lflands 3 which fome Manufcript Charts place 



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