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The like Signs muft be taken notice of on the Quar- 
ter Days of the Moon in the Months of July, AuguB^ 
and Septeniher ; for the Hurricanes come in thofe 
Months; the fooneft that ever I heard of was the xjth 
of July, and the latefl was the 8th of Septemler ; but the 
ufual Month they come in is AuguH. 
3. Thirdly, the Benefit and Experience I have had of 
foretelling thefe Hurricanes is, that whereas herereto- 
fore they were fo dreadful that all Ships were afraid to 
go to Sea, and did rather choofe to (lay in the Roads at 
Anchor, than to run the hazard of the mercilefs Sea, al- 
though never Ship efcaped at Anchor, but was caft 
a-fliore ; many times, by the Violence of the Srorm, 
fome Veffels have been caft fo far on the Shore, that 
when the Storm was over, they have been from Twenty 
to Thirty Yards dry from the Wafti of the Shore, and 
the Veflels ftt whole ; and by this Means the Lives of 
thofe that were in thofe Veflels were faved. But f, find- 
ing that if a Man keeps his Ship failable, with good 
ftore of Ballaft, his Ports well Barr'd and Calked, his 
Top-Mafts down, and his Tops too, if he have time, 
his Yards a-Port lac'd, or long Ships, keeping fecure his 
Doors and Windows of his Shipp, and (he will lye as well 
as in other Storms ; and they may, having their Ships 
in a readinefs, ftay in the Road till the Storm begins, 
which is always firft at North, fb to the North- Weft, 
till he comes round to the South- Eaft, and then his Fury 
is over. So with the North Wind they may ruq away to 
the South, to get themfelves Sea-room, for drift of the 
South- weft Wind, where he blows very fiercely ; by 
thefe Means, I have, by God s Blefling, prefer ved my 
felf in Two Hurricanes at Sea, and in Three at Shore,, 
and I have had great Advantages by it. 
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