TO. SMYRNA, ft 
Tangier, that fometimes infeft thefe feas, are the only 
pirates againft whom the Swedes fliould be particu- 
larly cautioned : and as an enemy ought never to be 
defpifed, we put our cannon in order, and the 26th 
gave arms tb as many as were on board. In this 
pofture our veffels commonly fail until they have 
paffed Gibraltar. 
The 28th, at poon, we were in fight of the fa- 
mous head, beyond which the ancients thought 
there was no land, and were fo near the fhore that 
lome Linnets (Fringilla) reached us, and wearied 
out, fought a night’s reft in the fhelter of our fails. 
1 he 30th, as we were failing in the Spanifh feas, 
the weather was fo fine, that it feemed as if the Iky 
and fea ftrove to excel each other in beauty. The 
little knowledge I had, was confined to the three 
kingdoms of nature, and therefore I found myfelf 
in the fame fituation, as a perfon who walks in a park 
filled with the fineft animals and plants, without un- 
derftanding natural hiftory. Such a one can fay no 
more, but that it is very handfome. I doubt not but 
many fine opportunities palfed unobferved by me, 
which might have given hints for ufeful obferva- 
tions to a perfpn who had any knowledge in aftro- 
nomy and natural phiiofophy. W e had now paffed 
by St. Vincents head, which is a head-land well known 
to failors, when we, the 9th of October in the 
morning, overtook a Dutch frigate of war, which 
was carrying home a Tripoline Ali Effendi, who 
retm ned from his embaffy to the Dutch republic, 
: . ln ** t b e fame that lome years before had been 
|. n ‘ fockheihn on the fame errand. It feemed very 
u pi cious, confidering the place we were in, to fee 
ur vs on board a ihip, and a number of armed 
men, who hoifted no flag when we did ; this occa- 
sioned our Teamen to arm themfelves for their de T 
fence ; 
