170 Travels into the lu ^ v ant. Part IL 
Friday the thirteenth oiNovtmber^ the Pilot of Ccire\znà the Merchants prevailed 
fo far with the Captain, that he gave way to the weighing of Anchor àt three 
quarters ot an hour after feven, though he was of a contrary Opinion i and the 
truth is, there was no reafon to weigh, becaufe it blew a ftrong Wind from Smh- 
Eaji, and we had but little water on all hands. We had indeed four Fr,.liônn at 
that time, but feeing it was a Tide of Ebb, we had reafon to fear 'Running a 
ground i and to put out to Sea, which was the thing the Merchants defired, was 
to run into the ftorm. In fine, notwithftanding all thefe Rcafons, our men Towed 
us, and we fpread the Fore-Top-Sail, but we held no certain Courfe : the other 
Ships did as we did, and perceiving us to caft Anchor, three quarters o£ an hour 
after, they did the like. This is the inconvenience where many Ships are together, 
that if one weigh or come to an Anchor, the reft muft do the fame, for if they 
fliould failtodoit, and any misfortune happened, the blame would be laid at the 
Mafters door, in that he did not do as the reft did, who are all fuppofed to under- 
hand their Trade. 
Saturday morning the fourteenth of November, we made a Mahometan Ship coming 
from Bajfora, where we had left her-, for all the ftrong South-Eafi Wind, which 
had conftantly blown fince the day before, we weighed Anchor at nine of the 
Clock in the morning, and made Sail with our Mizan, Main-Top, and Fore- Top- 
Sails, Steering our Courfe Eaji, North-Eaft. Half an hour after nine, the Wind 
getting about to South-Weji, we let fly the Mizan Top-Sail and Fore-Sail, and flood 
away Eafi^ South-Eajt. At ten a Clock we tackt about, and bore a Way Wefi, 
North- Weji, and fo kept beating to and again every half hour, until three quarters 
of an hour after eleven, that the Wind chopping in to South, vi^e came to an Anchor 
in three Fathom water j we made ftiort Tacks becaufe of the little water we had in 
all places, not finding above three or four Fathom at moft. The Wind continued 
in that corner all day, blowing freflier and freiher ftill, and in the evening though 
the Wind was high, yet the Clouds raked contrary to it from North-Weji to South- 
Eafi i from eight till ten a Clock at night, we had feveral fmall (howers of Rain, 
at length after midnight, the Wind changed into the fo much defired North-We(i 
Wind, and blew very hard. 
Sunday thq fifteenth of November ^ the other Ships made Sail about break of day, 
and we lay ftill at Anchor, which extremely vexed the Merchants, who thereupon 
came to words with the Captain -, but he told them that the other Ships, were 
bound for Cowgo, and that his muft put into the Ifle Care}{_ which was near, fo that 
it would be time enough to weigh at noon, that we might not run in, too near the 
Land, in danger to be caft away by fo high a Wind i neverthelefs to pleafe them he 
commanded to weigh about feven a Clock in the morning, but he made Sail only 
with Fore-. Sail, Fore-Top-Sail, and Sprit-SaiU we Steered our Courfe South' 
Eaft, and the Ship run about four Miles and a half an hour. About fix a Clock 
'v-.^i M at night, we flood away Eaft, and about feven a Clock, North-Eafi, and then 
V ' '- " furled all our Sails, except the Sprit-Sail, and Fore-Top-Sail s having then fifteen 
Fathom water. About ten a Clock, we furled all our Sails, but the Sprit- Sail. 
Monday the fixth of November, the Wind ceafed about two a Clock in the 
morning, and began to blow again about fix, but not fo ftrong as the day before : 
that we might not lofe it, about half an hour after, we fpread all our Sails, and 
Steered away South-Eafi. It was not long before we made the main Land of Ben- 
der-Regh to the Larboard. About half an hour after nine we made the Ifle Caref^ 
Cargou. on Head, and about noon we Sailed near to the Ifle Cargou, which was to our 
Larboard. This Ifle reaches in length from North to South \ it is but fmall and all 
of white Sand, which is the reafon it is not inhabited i it is clofe by, andalmoft ^ 
over againft the Ifle Carek}, but a little lower, towards Bender R'egh. Then we 
furled our Mizan and Main-Sail, and Steered away South. At one of the Clock, 
we found thiiteen Fathom water. About half an hour after, we began to have the 
Ifle Careh^ on our Starboard, and bore away South, South-Eafi, having then fjx 
Fathom water. Half an hour after two, we had eight Fathom water, and turned 
the Ships Head Head South-Wefi. Three quarters after two, we came to an Anchor 
to the Eafioi the Ifland, towards the point of it that looks to the South-Eafi, in 
ten Fathom water. There we found one of the three Ships that had left us at 
Anchor, having fome Goods to unload, but the other two kept out at Sea. 
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