• Part I 
Travels into the Ley an t. 
Ihort, the Englifli are very expert in that. That which only difpleafed me 
in this Voyage, was the great number of Candles,that were lighted in the Night 
time betwixt Decks, and in the Cabins, for there were above thirty Barbary 
Men on board who had been at Mecha, and were returning into their own 
Country ; all thefe Men lay upon the lower Gun-Deck, (there being a rank of 
Beds on each fide, and a paflage in the middle betwixt them) and had all their 
lighted Lamps ftuck to the Deck, and burning in the Night-time, which made 
me always extremely afraid the Ship might be fet on fire j and befides that, 
lince the leaft glipfe of light, is in the Night-time feen a great way off at Sea, 
I was apprehenfive it might have direfted fome Corfair, or fome Ship of the 
Venetian Fleet towards us: For I had fmarted already, and knew very well 
what Blades they were, nay more, I fancied that they were not careful enough 
in fmoaking their Tobacco. However they told me ftill, that there was no 
danger in what I feared. 
CHAP. LXXXVII. 
Our Shifs failing from Bouqucr. 
TVefday the fourth of Tehrmry, the Purfer who was flill at u4lexandria^ 
came on board with fome Provifions, and then having taken in our Boats, 
we fet fail from Bopiquer. Wednefday the fifch of Fehrnary, we fteered our 
courfe North, with an eafie Weft-wind ; it was a calm in the Evening, but in 
the Night it blew hard from Weft, with feveral ftorms of Rain and Wind 
which lafted till next day at Noon, Thnrfday the fixth of February : All that 
while we bore away North-north- weft, in the Evening the Wind fliifted about 
to North- weft, and lafted till next day the feventh of February, when after 
Noon the Wind turning North-north-weft, we tackt tand ftood away Weft- 
fouth-weft, leaft the Wind might force.us too near the Ifle of Rhodes. The 
night following the Wind flackned, and Saturday the eighth of February^ we 
were becalmed from Morning till Noon, when we had a little Gale from South - 
thêi we fteered away Weft north- weft, but the Wind lafted not. After that 
( to our great trouble ) we were becalmed for feveral days. S at nr day- -night , 
or 5W^^- morning, the fixteenth of February, there fella great deal of Rain 
which lafted till day, when we were ftill becalmed, and about eleven a Clock 
in the Morning, with a breeze of Wind from Weft-north-weft, we ftood away 
South-weft, the Wind blowing frelher in the evening until Midnight -, du- 
ring that time, we tackt and ftood away towards the Ifle of Candia^ and the 
Night being very dark, we ran fo far till we faw a Light clofe on Head 
which the Men could not difcern whether it was afhoar, or in a fmall Pinnace 
which in the day-time we faw making for Candia\ at length, for fear of ftri- 
king on Ground, they tackt about again before Midnight , bearing away 
South-weft. Monday the leventeenth of February., after Midnight the Winds 
fo chopt and changed, that we had all forts of Winds, and about Morning 
it blew fo hard from Weft-north-weft, that we were forced to furl all our 
Sails,, except the Main fail, and tye the Helm to Midlhips j this Wind brought 
with it many ftorras of Rain, th?.t lafted not long. About one a Clock after 
Noon it Hailed, which changed the Wind to the North, but feeing it blew 
hàrdtr than it had done in the Morning, we could not carry high Sails, but 
continued the fame Courfe. If the Wind had not been fo violent, we would 
havelke»-d our Courfe Weft-north- weft : This Wind lafted xXWTuefday the 
eigbteenlhof February.^ when about an hour before day it flackened a little, 
ana then we fpread our Fore-fail, the Wind being ftill too high to carry our 
Maintop-fail, however we ftood away Weft j the Wind abating a little after, 
we 
