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deal of Lightning at a diftance from us, and then the Wind blowing freflier 
from South, we flood away Eaft-North-Eaft, It is uneafie to me to give a 
An Idle Jhip's relation of this Voyage, fo much it vexed me, our Crew confifted of fifteen 
Crew. men, who did nothing but fleep till Noon, and after they had quarrelled to- 
gether at Dinner, fella finging and playing, and would not vouchfafe toftir, 
too look out aloft, pump the fhip, or to do any other (crvice. All that I 
could get of them during the whole Voyage was once to pump the Velfel. 
They had nothing to throw out the Water with but the Neck of a Bottle, 
and if the Vellel made but the Icaft Travel, they thought themfelves lofl. 
One Night when we had bad Weather, the VelTel rowling to and again, three 
or four times they were upon the point of launching the Boar, and forfaking 
the VelTel, which flood in need of nothing, but a little Vigilance. They had 
no Sea-Cart to fet off their Courfe by ; and when I asked them where we 
• were, they made me anfwer, that they could not tell, after fo much tacking. 
At every turn they faid to me Jllab Kenm, that's to fay, God is great, tel- 
ling me with all that once they had made thap Voyage being but one Night 
out at Sea. Amongft them there was no diftindtion of Mafter, they jeered 
and abufed one another openly, and no body could hinder it. The Reis ne- 
ver commanded* any thing to be done, but with tears almoft in his Eyes, and 
flamping with his foot like a Child ; fo that wefeemed to be utterly loft ; and 
indeed, they all made a fool of him, and imitating his voice bid one another do 
what he ordered, without flirring in the leaft. In lliort I believe thefe Blades 
had never been at Sea in a ftorm, going and coming commonly, as they told 
me, in fair Weather. 
Tuefday and all IVednefcîay almofl, we had fucccflively Eaft and South-Eaft 
Winds, which made us bear away North-North-Eaft : at length on Wednef- 
day about ten of the Clock at Night the Wind turned Wefterly, and we bore 
away Eaft-North-Eaft. 
Next day being exadlly mid-Ienr, the fame Wind blew tempeftuoufly, and 
the Sea being very rough, werowled fb as every moment we were like to be 
overfet : The sky was extremely overcaft on all h%pds, and amongfl other 
fierce gufts which we met with from time to time, we had one about half an 
hour after five in the Evening, wherein we had like to have been caft away. 
Seeing thefe lazy Lubbards faw it a coming, they took the pains to furle 
themain fail, and left none abroad but the fprit-fail,whilft that ftorm lafted we 
were darkned, as if we had been under fbme great Vault, it lafted almoft 
half an hour with great violence, and in the mean time all were very filenr. 
To what hand i'oever we looked, we faw nothing but ftormy Clouds, and 
this was ftill following us, neverthelefs when it was almoft fpent, we made 
Mount Car- Mount Carmel : Immediately we bore away Eaft, and failed with Wind in 
mel. poop towards Acrcy but having no more but about half an hour of day, and 
it beîng impolflble, all the diligence we could ufe, to come up with it, be- 
fore it were an hour after Night, we tacked about and ftood North, for fear 
of runnihg a ground. In the Night-time we had many furious gufts, and a 
great deal of Lightning. A little before that great ftorme I have been men- 
tioning fell, we faw about two hundred paces from us a Flock of little red 
Birds. Birds flying, I thought at firft that the reflexion of the Sun made them look 
to be of that Colour ; bur feeing it continued fo long as they were in flghr, 
and that the Sun was overcaft, I concluded that it muft be their natural 
Colour. 
Friday morning the two and twentieth of March we had ftill feveral Flur- 
ries; however (the Weather clearing up a little,) we fleered our courfe Eaft- 
North-Eaft, and about Noon palTed by Saide in our way to Baruth which is 
Barurli. twenty miles diftant from it. But when we were near the Cafe oi Baruth ^ 
the Wind chopping about to North-Weft, we were forced to rack about and 
ftand away South-South-Weft that we might put in to Saide, fince we could 
not get to Baruth, and that was lucky for us ; for we were told at Saide, th^t 
there was a Cor fair about Baruth, into whofè hands we muft have fallen if we 
had continued our courfe that way. Sofoon as I came a-fhore the Cuftomer 
who was in his Office, called me to him, and having asked me who I was, I 
told him I was a Franck^ which he would not believe j untill a Turk who un- 
derftood 
