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“ men ate fcnfible. What I would remark from hence ! 
<£ is, that the Surveyor meafures ail the little Traver- 
“ fes exa&iy \ ’tis therefore the Bulinefs of the Navi- 
— gator to allow for this, when he works the Ships' 
“ Run. But I cannot help obferving here, that a good 
u Etfed is produced from thefe little Traverfes being 
“ fo meafur’d; for lhould we be running boldly on 
“ the Land in a dark Night, it forewarns us to look 
46 out in time, by marking fomewhat more than the 
44 true Diftance fail’d upon a (height Line. 
“ Many are the Advantages which accrue to Navi- 
“ gation by this Invention, which I (hall not take 
“ upon me to enumerate : In (laort, the Sailors are in 
“ love with it, and when at the Helm, they value 
44 themfelves on chalking more Miles than thofe who 
44 went before them. For my own Fart, I am fo 
44 pleas’d with it;, that I have done with the Log. 
44 One excellent Quality I obferve in it, which I 
tc cannot omit mentioning, viz, That in plying to 
lC Windward along Shore in a dark Night, our ufual 
“ Way, by the Log, is to (land two or three Hours 
h out, and fo many in •, and here we may be a (fiord 
“ before we are aware, becaufe in running out we 
44 may not have had fo much Wind as in running in * 
41 or we may have reef’d Topfaiis, (fiorten’d Sail,* 
« hanker’d in the Wind, or have met with many 
44 other Impediments, which, by being droufy in the 
46 Night, a Man may fometimes not take Notice of; 
“ but lit: is otherwife with the Surveyor ; for if the 
“ Ship is hindered in her Way, it will not mark more 
“ Miles than (lie has run. / ■ •* 
41 I have (hew’d it to fome curious Perfons at 
44 Nantes , who are greatly delighted with it. They 
« wanted to fee the Movement within, but I (hall 
44 never grant that to a ’Stranger. I have been offer’d 
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