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that he had not pafled through the Pbare of Mejjina^ which would havè faved Ph^ireoï Mé- 
him fifty miles in his courfe ; but then he told me that he durft not venture 
throu-^h fo dangerous a palTage in the Winter-time when Storms are fo fre- 
quent, and the rather about New Adoon, when commonly the Winds change. 
Towards the evening we were becalmed, and had a breeze again in the be- 
ginning of the night ; and in that manner the Wind fell androie lèverai times 
during the night. That day, we took two Murènes or Sea-Eeles which were Miirencs. 
in the Fifher mens Wells ; this Fifh is dainty Food, but the Skin of it is Sfimey, 
and is fd full of fmall bofies, that if one have not a care, he may be choaked 
by them ; it is ihaped like a common Eele, and dies fo foon as it is out of the 
Water. 
Tuefday a very frefh Eaft-North-Eaft Wind rofe with the Sun, and we con- 
tinued ourcourfe South-Sou th-Eaft ; about ten of the clock in the morning 
the Wind cealed and left us in a Calm, overagainft Monte Gibello, which we Monte GHelh 
fawfo plainly, that we could eafily perceive it was covered with Snow. A 
little after, we made a Ship on head, but becaufe it ftood in to Shoar we 
thought they were afraid of us. The Calm lafted till night ; during which 
we had fometimes Breezes of Wind, and fometimes Calms, with which we 
raadea little way. 
Wednefday morning we were got in fight of Malta^ feven hundred miles Mdta. 
from Legorn, and about two hundred from Sicily^ which we had not yet loft 
fight of. He that looked out, made a Sail towards Malta. At firft we were 
in a dead Calm, but a little after we had a very great Sea from the Weft, 
• which tolTed us fufficiently, though there was not a breath of Wind : we there- 
fore furled our Sails, and that rowling Sea lafted till one of the clock at noon ; 
when there arofe a gentle North-North-Eaft-Breeze, which made us Ipread 
our Sails, and ftand away Eaft-South-Eaft, that we might make Candie, feven 
hundred miles from Malta. That Wind lafted not above an hour ; fo that 
we were becalmed till about eleven a clock at night, when we had a ftifF 
North Gale, with which we ftill continued our courfe Eaft-South Eaft. 
That frefh Gale lafted all Tiurfday tWlnight, and then we had a ftrong guft 
of Wind with fome Rain : when that was over, we had fair weather, the 
Sea becoming Calm in a moment, though before the Rain it was exceeding 
rough : but half an hour after the weather and Sea began to grow rougher 
than before, and then Calmed again, which happened twice that night. Du- 
ring the(e gufts the Sea was fo rough, that it was not poflible to ftand upright 
in any place of the Ship, fo ftrangely was fhe tofled, becaufe of a rowling 
Sea that came upon us on poop and on both fides ; the roughnefs of the Sea 
in poop was occafioned by the violence of the Wind, and on the Star-board 
by the currents of the Gulf of Venice, off of which we were, and neverthelefs Gulf of r^- 
we made betwixt eight and ten miles an hour. About midnight it blew frefli nice. 
from North-Weft, with which we bore away Eaft and by South, that we 
might not ftand too far off of the Gozo of Candie. 
That Wind lafted all Friday the firft of February ; about night we had fmoo- Go:ço of Can- 
ther- Water, the Sea on poop only remaining, which with the Wind that 
ftiifted about to the Weft, and blew fi~efh made us run above twelve miles an 
hour : but about ten a clock at night we had a (welling Sea again Vi/hich made 
us rowl all night long. 
Next day we were troubled, with the lame weather, and ftrong gufts of 
Wind by fits. About night, fin ce we had not made the Land of Candie, as 
we expefted, by reafon of the cloudy dark day, it wasconfulted what courfe 
we fhould fteer ; every one brought forth bis obfervations, and all agreed in 
general, that our courfe was to the Windward of the Gozo of Candie ; but be- 
caufe oneamongft them, according to his account, fet off our courle betwixt 
Candle and the Gozo ; though it was known he was in a miftake, feeing accor- 
ding to his own account, we muft then have been very near, and almoft up- 
on the (aid Gozo : neverthelefs for greater fecurity, it was thought fit to fpare 
Sail : and therefore all the Sails except the fore-Sail, were furled, and the 
Ships head turned due Eaft-South-Eaft, leaft we might run too near the Shoar, 
the Watch looking out (harp all night long, during which the Wind was very 
high andftormy, which exceedingly toffedus. 
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