the South-Sea. If 



mony of Ducking at the Line, pra&is'd by all Nations, 

 was not omitted. 



The Perfons to be fo fervM, are feas'd by the Wrifts Bucking, 

 to Ropes ftretch'd fore and aft on the Quarter-deck for 

 the Officers, and before the Maft for the Sailors ; and 

 after much Mummery and Monkey Tricks, they are let 

 loofe to be led one after another to the Main-maft, where 

 they are made to fwear on a Sea-chart, that they will do 

 by others as is done by them, according to the Laws and 

 Statutes of Navigation ; then they pay to fave being 

 wetted, but always in vain, for the Captains themfelves 

 are not quite fparcl. 



The dead Calm,which afforded the Men Leifure to duck 

 one another, expos'd us for four Days fuccefitively to excef- 

 five Heats, without advancing, during that time, above 20 

 Leagues in our Courfe, by the Help of fome little Ihift- 

 ing Air ; but a little Gale at S.E. and E. S.E. by De- 

 grees carry' d us from that feorching Climate, and into 

 16 Degrees of South Latitude, without any Squawls or 

 Rain, the Weather holding clear and ferene. The Wind, 

 coming to N. E. and then to N. W. brought us fome 

 Showers of Rain, cloudy Weather, and fome Hours 

 Calm, for three Days, till we came into 23 Degrees 

 and a half Latitude, and 36 of Longitude. 



When we were between 21 and 22 Degrees of Soutb 

 Latitude, and 34 or 3 5 of Longitude,, we faw abundance 

 of Fowl, and believ'd we were not far from the Ifland of 

 the Afcenfion. We caft the Lead without finding Ground, , 

 and had no Sight of it, nor of that of the Trinity, which, 

 according to fome Charts drawn by Hand, we fhould 

 be near, in 25 Degrees and a half of South Latitude, 

 where the Wind vary'd to the Southward with Intervals 

 of Calm ; but at length, being forwarded by a fmalL 

 Gale at S. S. E. N. E. and E. we in three Days arriv'd at 

 die Ifland of S. Katharine, on the Coaft of Brafil, exa&ly 

 according to our Account, whereof thefe are the PartU 

 €ulars. 



The. 



