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voted Roman Catholic, and speaks with the greatest gratitude 
of St. Genevieve, by whose kind intercession he was restored 
from a dangerous iUness, and to whom also, when he first took 
orders, he commended himself for assistance in a faithful dis- 
charge of his priestly office, by reading his first mass at her tomb, 
in a vault of her church at Paris. Thus, the most excellent and 
enlightened men of the age, such as Huet was, in his day and sta- 
tion, may, in certain points, remain quite in the dark, till the 
Spirit of God, by a progressive work, grants the rays of his light 
and truth to shine upon them. Such reflections should make us 
more candid and forbearing, in judging of the state of men's 
minds in other persuasions, differing from our own, conscious 
that we ourselves have yet much to learn, before we attain to per- 
fection. 
17th. Two vessels hove in sight. The first hoisted English 
colours, and we edged towards her. She proved to be a Poole 
ship from Newfoundland, bound to Valencia in Spain. Mr. 
Buck, being a native of Poole, found an acquaintance in her 
captain, and gave him some very welcome information concern- 
ing his family, a circumstance which afforded us all much plea- 
sure. This morning I began to read Montgomery's World be- 
fore the Flood." There is a strain of genuine piety in it, which can- 
not fail to edify all unprejudiced readers. I see no reason for his 
making such an humble apology for the fiction. 
ISlh. Flying fish made their first appearance, and as on that 
account it was hoped that dolphins were not far off", in pursuit 
of these defenceless creatures, we prepared with great eagerness 
of expectation to revenge the cause of the pursued, by an attack 
on the pursuers; in which, however, we were disappointed, few: 
jiot a single fish approached the ship. The wind was contrary, 
and we made but little way. 
19th. In the forenoon, a shoal of bonettas kept for some time 
])laying al)out the ship, and many attempts were made to strike 
Ihcin, but in vain. In the afternoon, a large turtle was observed, 
