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nates the Spanifh mountains towards the fea. Ceuta: 
hes almoft facing it on the African coaft. When 
thefe are out of fight, the Straights are palfed, and 
another fea is entered. 
We faw the Mediterranean by fun-rife, and 
failed along the Spanilh coaft, to which Teamen 
always keep nearer than the African. A beauti- 
ful little bird (Motacilla Hifpanica) came on board 
us from the Spanifh coaft. It was the forerunner of 
hard weather, which happened to us a few hours 
after, with a ftrong N. E. wind, which lafted all 
night. We had violent thunder and lightning, with 
hail and rain, in the night of the 18th, which 
'vas an uncommon fight for Swedes. We were yet 
in fight of the high Spanifh mountains, which by day 
We faw covered with fnow, and at night fhining with 
fires, which are partly thofe of the guards, and 
partly thofe of the lime-kilns. We caught a Lark 
and a Wagtail (Motacilla corpore e fufco viride- 
fcente, peftore ferrugineo) on board. Many of the 
former were drowned; only this one came in a mife- 
rable weak condition on board. 
The 25th, in the forenoon, we had Formentera 
on our left. This is an ifland in the Mediterranean* 
over-againft the Spanifh coaft, upon which we could 
only fee a few bufhes ; its fhores rife perpendicular 
rrom the fea. 
We experienced for fome days the autumn of 
tms climate: ftorm, cold weather, rain, and at night 
terrible lightenings ; but at nine o’clock, in the night 
etween t h e 2 g t ^ anc j 2 p t ^ ) twelve miles to the 
eitward of Sardinia, we had the moll terrible and 
e\ ere weather that we had yet fuftered in our voy- 
age. ihe -wind from the North, attended with 
i° ent hurricanes and lightening from all parts of 
ie ky, with fome thunder : then a fhower of rain, 
with 
