the South-Sea. t> 



Degrees, 40 Minutes, where we lay by a Night, know- 

 ing we were near the Iflands of Cape Verde. 



Accordingly, the next Day, being the 15th of fe-Cape Verde 

 bruary, we difcover'd a very high Land cover' d with a^ 4 "^ 

 Fog, and the next Day diftin&ly perceiv'd that it was the 

 Ifland of S. Nicola^ and afterwards the Ifland of S. Lucy, 

 which bore S. S. W. from us. 



We ftood about to have Sea-room at Night, and hw-AUgbSt** 

 ing run eight Leagues N. E. and by E. we thought we 

 faw Rocks by the Brightnefs of the Sea, which in 

 thofe Parts glitters very much ,* that is, it is, during the 

 Night, very light and fparkling, in cafe the Surface be 

 never fo little agitated by Fifties, or by Ships ; fo that 

 the Ship's Way looks like Fire. I could fcarce have be- 

 liev'd this Effed: of the Motion of the Sea-water, if I had 

 not feen it, tho' I had before read the Accounts given 

 of it by Phyficians, particularly Rohault, who alfo adds 

 Reafons why it glitters more in hot Countries than elfe- 

 where.' However that is, we ftood about, if I miftake 

 not, on account of a Shoal of Fifti, and ran 14 Leagues 

 W. and by N. and about Three in the Afternoon, we 

 perceiv'd, thro' the Mift, the Ifland of S. Lucy, to the 

 Southward, about a League and half diftant. 



An Hour after, we difcover'd that of S. Vincent, 

 which we only knew by Guefs, as well as the other 

 Iflands before-mention'd, becaufe none of our Men had 

 feen them on the North-fide. Then it was that I be- 

 came fenfible of the Ufefulnefs of the Draughts of Lands 

 in the Latitudes where they are generally look'd for ; ^ Arh 

 however, this may be known by a low Land ftretching^^z,^ 

 out at the Foot of the high Mountains towards the N. W. h- 

 next the Ifland of S. Anthony, and by a little Sugar-loaf 

 Rock, which appears at the Mouth of the Bay, Weft of 

 die Ifland, about two Cables Length from the Shore. 



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