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TRAVELS IN 
their fecret abodes, fuddenly fpread terror and de~ 
valla d on ; and the wile ocean, which, a few mo- 
ments Did:, was gende and placid, is now thrown 
into d'ftr ’er, and heaped into mountains, whole 
white curling crefts feem to fwe^p the Ikies! 
This furious gale continued near two days and 
nights, and not a little damaged our fails, cabin 
furniture, and date-rooms, bcfides retarding our 
pafiage. The ftorm having abated, a lively gale 
from N. W. continued four or five days, when 
fhifting to N. and laftly to N. E. on the tenth of 
our departure from cape Henlopen, early in the 
morning, we defcried a fail aftern, and in a fhort 
time difcovered it to be capt. Mafon, who foon 
came up with us. We hailed each other, being 
joyful to meet again, after fo many dangers. He 
fuffered greatly by the gale, but providentially 
made a good harbour within cape Hatteras. As he 
ran by us, he threw on board ten or a dozen bafs, 
a large and delicious tifh, having caught a great 
number of them whilft he was detained in harbour. 
He gut into Charlsfton that evening, and we the 
next morning, about eleven o’clock. 
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There are few objedts out at fea to attradl the 
notice of the traveller, but what are fublime, aw- 
ful, and majeliic: the Teas themfelves, in a tem- 
pt ft, exhibit a tremendous fcene, where the winds 
afiert their power, and, in furious conflidl, feem to 
fet the ocean on fire. On the other hand, nothing 
can be more fublime than the view of the encir- 
cling horizon, after the turbulent winds have taken 
their flight, and the lately agitated bofom of the 
deep has again become calm and pacific ; the gen- 
tle moon riling in dignity from the eafl, attended 
by thoulands of glitteiing orbs $ the luminous ap- 
pearance 
