TRAVELS IN 
their fecret abodes, fuddenly fpread terror and de- 
vaftation ; and the wide ocean, which, a few mo- 
ments paft, was gentle and placid, is now thrown 
into diforder, and heaped into mountains, whofe 
white curling crefts feem to fweep the fkies ! 
This furious gale continued near two days and 
nights, and not a little damaged our fails, cabin 
furniture, and ftate-rooms, befides retarding our 
paflage. The ftorm having abated, a lively gale 
from N. W. continued four or five days, when 
fhifting to N. and laftly to N. E. on the tenth of 
our departure from cape Henlopen, early in the 
morning, we defcried a fail aftern, and in a fhort 
time difcovered it to be capt. Mafon, who foon 
came up with us. We hailed each other, being 
joyful to meet again after fo many dangers. He 
fuffered greatly by the gale, but providentially 
made a good harbour within cape Hatteras. As he 
ran by us, he threw on board ten or a dozen bafs, 
a large and, delicious fifh, having caught a great 
number of them whilft he was detained in harbour. 
He got into Charlefton that evening, and we the 
next morning, about eleven o'clock. 
There are few objects out at fea to attract the 
notice of the traveller, but what are fublime, aw- 
ful, and majeflic : the feas themfelves, in a tem- 
peit, exhibit a tremendous fcene, where the winds 
afTert their power, and, in furious conflict, feem to 
fet the ocean on fire. On the other hand, nothing 
can be more fublime than the view of the encircling 
horizon, after the turbulent winds have taken their 
flight, and the lately agitated bofom of the deep has 
again become calm and pacific ; the gentle moon 
rifing in dignity from the eaft, attended by thou- 
sands of glittering orbs j the luminous appearance 
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