The A. flands off' again. 1 1 ^ 
Lead brings up very different forts of>^»-i699. 
Sand, fome courfe, fome fine ; and of fe- 
veral Colours, as Yellow, White, Grey, 
Brown, Bluifli and Reddifh. 
When I faw there was no Harbour here, 
nor good Anchoring, I ftood off to Sea a- 
gain, in the Evening of the fecond of Ju~ 
gusi, fearing a Storm on a Lee-fhore, in a 
place where there w'as no fhelter, and de- 
firing at lead to have Sea Room : For the 
Clouds began to grow thick in the Weft- 
ern-board, and the Wind was already 
there , and began to blow freib almoff 
upon the Shore ; which at this Place lies 
along N. N. W. and S. S. E. By Nine a 
Clock at Night we had got a pretty good 
Offin ; but the Wind fiill increafing, I 
took in my Main Top- fail, being able to 
carry no more Sail than two Courfes and 
theMizen. At two in the Morning, Aug. 
it blew very hard , and the Sea was 
much raifed ; fo that I furled all my Sails 
but my Main-fail. Tho’ the Wind blew 
fo hard, we had yet pretty clear Weather 
till Noon : But then the whole Sky Was 
blackned wdth thick Clouds , and we had 
fome Rain, which would laff a quarter of 
an hour at a time, and then it would blow 
very fierce while the Squals of Rain were 
over our Heads ; but as Toon as they were 
gone the Wind was by much abated, the 
lirefoof the Storm. being over. We found- 
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