140 Strong Sea-Breezes. Fijh. 
I ($99. freQi Land-breeze at S. S.E. By 8 a Clock 
we were got out: and very feafonahly ; for 
before 9 the Sea-breeze came on us very 
ftrong, and increafing, we took in our 
Topfailsand flood off under 2 Cou'fcs and 
a Mizan, this being as much Sail as we ; 
could carry. The sky was clear, there heu:g ' 
not one Cloud to be feen j but the Horizon ; 
appeared very hazy, and the Sun at fetting j 
the’ Night before, and this Morning at ri- 
fing, appeared very Red. The Wind con- ■ 
tinned very ftrong till Twelve, then it be- 
gan to abate : I have feldom met with a 
ftronger Breeze. Thefe ftrong Sea-breezes 
lafted thus in their Turns ? or 4 Days. 
They fprung up with the Sun rife: Py 9 
a Clock they were very ftrong, and fo con- 
tinued till Noon, when they began to a- 
bate : And by Sunffet there was little W ind, 
or aCalm till theLa/id- breezes came ; which 
we fhould certainly have in the Morning 
about I or 2 a Clock, The Land-breezes 
were between the S. S. W. and S. S. E. 
The Sea-breezes between the K. N. E. and 
N. N. E. In the N^ght while Calm we 
fifh’d with Hook and Line, and caught 
good ftore of Fifh, 'uiz,. Snappers, Breams, 
Old Wives, and Dog-fifl). When thefe 
laft came we feldom caught any others ; 
for if they did not drive away the other 
Fifh, yet they would be fure to keep them 
from taking our Hooks, for they v\ ould 
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