winds and Courje towards New H. 1 1 3 
the Ca^e, and crpecially to the Southward <599* 
of it : But in their Summer Months they 
get to the Southward of 40 deg. ufually 
e’er they meet with the VVefterly Winds. I 
was not at this time in a higher Lat. than 
36 deg. 40 min. and oftentimes was more 
Northerly, altering my Latitude often as 
Winds and Weather req^uir’d; for in fuch 
long Runs ’tis bed to fhape ones Courfe ac- 
cording to the Winds. And if in Steering 
to the Eaft, we fhould be obliged to bear 
a little to the N. or S. of it , ’tis no great 
matter ; for ’tis but Sailing 2 or ^ Points 
from the Wind, when ’tis either Norther- 
ly or Southerly ; and this not only eafeth 
the Ship from {training , but (hortens the 
way more than if a Ship was kept clofe on 
a Wind, as fome Men are fond of doing. 
Tiie 19th of "]une we were in Lat. 34 
deg. 17 min. S. and Long, from the O/e 
39 deg. 24 min. E. and Iiad fmall Gales 
and Calms. The Winds were at N. E. by 
E. and continued in fome part of the E; 
till the 37th Day. When it having been 
fome time at N. N. E. it came about at N. 
and then to the W. of the N. and continu- 
ed in the Weft board (between the N. N. 
W. and S. S. W.) till the 4th of jfa// ; in 
which time we ran 782 Miles; then the 
Winds came about again to the Eaft, we 
reckoning our fclves to be in a Meridian 
iiooL.Eaftofthatof theC-*/r; and having 
fair Weather founded, but had no Ground. 
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