28. Dreadful Lightnings in the Clouds towards the 
Evening ; after which great Dews fell : the weather ex- 
tream hot. 
29. We faw a Pilot fifli fwim by the fides of the 
Ship, and feveral Bonito's and Albicores playing , as it 
were , with their Heads sbove water. The Wind took 
usfliort in the Night, and foon after there was a flark 
Calm ; and we had great reafon to blefs God for it : 
For had we continued our Courfe that Night, we had ei- 
ther run a ground, or had been caft upon the Rocks 
near to Peniche in PortugaL The fault was mif-reckon- 
ing, and haling in too loon to make the Southern Cape : 
though the Seamen, to falve their Credit, and to ex- 
cufe their Error, which had like to have proved To fatal 
to us, pretended that we were fet in by a ftrong Cur- 
rent. God make us thankful for this great Delive- 
rance. 
30. This Morning we were furpriledto fee our felves 
within four or five Leagues of the lliore , when we had 
thought that we had been above twenty. In the After- 
noon, the Wind coming on frefli, we weathered the 
wefterriioft Ifle of the Barlings. On the greateft of 
whichibeing, as we gueffed, above half a Mile in lengthy 
the Portuguefe have built a Fort to hinder the Barlary 
Pirates from careening their Ships there , or taking in 
frefli water. The Land of it very high, and bore of? 
us 5. £. by £. By it lye feveral Rocks. The other 
Iflands are diftant about a League. I told five of them : 
the greateft of which laft lye fomewhere inward to the 
fliore. 
For two Nights together about this time (28 and 29) 
the Sky being very hazy, the Sun fet in a colour as deep 
as blood, which was very aftoni(hing« We were then 
in the Latitude of 40. 
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