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IF my flay here had been longer, I had continued 
my obfervations ; and perhaps fhould have made fome 
difcoveries. It belongs to the academicians of Bour- 
deaux to pufh thefe obfervations further, if they 
think proper. 
From the Entrance of the 
river of Bourdeaux, the 
4th of Auguft, 1756. 
Peyflbnel. 
LXXXVII. An Account of the dijl tiling TV a- 
ter frejh from Sea-water by TV ood-pfhes. 
By Capt. William Chapman : In a Letter 
to John Fothergill, M. D. 
Whitby, 10th 2d mo. Feb. 1758, 
Read April 13./ g ^HY kind acceptance of my lafl 
1 75 ^* emboldens me to inform thee, 
how, on my return from a voyage to the north part 
of Ruflia, I procured a fufficient quantity of frefh 
water from fea-water, without taking with me either 
inflruments or ingredients exprefsly for the purpofe. 
Some time in September tail, when I had been 
ten days at fea, by an accident (off the north cape of 
Finland) we lofl the greatefl part of our water. We 
had a hard gale of wind at fouth-weft, which conti- 
nued three weeks, and drove us into 73°lat. During 
this time I was very uneafy, as knowing, if our 
paffage fhould hold out long, we mufl be reduced to 
great flraits ; for we had no rains, but frequent fogs, 
which yielded water in very fmall quantities. I now 
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