The A. departs from St. Jago. 
With this Defign I fail’d from Jago 
on the 2 2d of February^ with the Winds at 
E. N. E. and N. E. fair Weather , and a 
brisk Gale. We fleered away S. S. E. and 
S. S. E. half Eaft, till in the Lat. of 
7 deg. 50 min. we met with many Rip- 
lings in the Sea like a Tide or ftrong Cur- 
rent , which fetting againft the Wind 
caus’d fuch a Ripling. We coi)tinu’d to 
meet thefe Currents from that Lat. till we 
came into the Lat. of 3 deg. 22 N. when 
they ceafed. During this time we faw 
fome Boneta’s, and Sharks; catching one of 
thefe. We had the true General Trade- 
Wind blowing frefh at N. E. till in the 
Lat. of 4 deg. 40 min. N. when the Wind 
varied, and we had fmall Gales, with fome 
Tornadoes. We were then to the Eaft of 
Jago 4 deg. 54 min. when we got 
into Lat. 3 deg. 2 min. N. (where I faid 
the Ripling ceas’d) and Long, to the 
Eaft of^SV. <)deg. 2 min. we had the 
Wind whiffling between the S. by E. and 
E. by N. fmall Gales , frequent Calms, 
very black Clouds, with much Rain. In 
the Lat. of 3 deg. 8 min. N. and Long. E. 
from St. Jago 5 deg. S min. we had the 
Wind from the S. S. E. to the N. N. E- 
faint , and often interrupted with Calms. 
While we had Calms we had the opportu- 
nity of trying the Current we had met 
with hitherto, and found that it fet N. E. 
