of attqtepting to stem, in the same track, the force;of
winds soïc'ohstantly adverse to his ^retrograde course^#--
Europe, it would be expédient x to: proceed nearly*upon
th©?same meridian, from life equator, till he cóubLget
'again steto the variable; wipefe |o f samen of#which,; he
might avail; himself, to gaipr th%j>jM$ from whenee > hc^
imaginally had sailed- ..And thisr!is the jplfij^dijfhi^inc^
has been mostly;,followed; in-avfiyagpst ,to il^jeajtjN^ard.
Tho the influeöéè%f the land-of South Ameriea oflfeh '
<fetóffetëêtSi-in ?some the general-tendèncyi^the
trade -windfe^cthat effect asfmotóleoMppuöiisitèjaiistill
^r^dfOd^^óe than RioJ ïromidÉjef linê icantbtheüLion
andfïihdpstanirémóYed:accoi:dingly,!ifrhin.thehae,qin>a
southerly dirttötfon, till the^frIarrisEéc|dln thirty-seven
de^eepjofi^lithewl latitude, whereithe'VWesteiilyiwièds
W^^und to ^evaildh moitiseasons, andto favour :a di-
rect coiirse:to Asia;. Inuthose latitudes distant from the
line, rthef winds; afe I frequently as haistérousjas^felmyöaf.B
variable.; Everytprecaution was taken to 'gjuardragainst
their Ilf effects] sbysputtihg) then shipisjywhdfe-theyurei-
maimed: in thetffirbdiiiarf Rio, in a proper conditions to
beat hml wearier, hyiadhthe means which aft £0dbd fifth
nish, land someiof which couM bot;bei applied aftsear It
is: certain^ithat, few of the, misfortunes which 1 happen
upon th&tfeïèmemtireally :am inevitable, From neglects
or dangeröésIeconomy, i vessels,frequently, venture, out?
ill-found]::upon the ocean,; as if ifccwere not capable of
■are; iris dangej] <gf'.perish*' Passage to
xng]iif in thisr stastec th:e ^aasei overtaken! bjioadcwea ff
-mEvery.'.part ofo'tffle vLafok ’was i car^fnlly-t examined,;
whatevemirijuiry, rhdik^^SRriffiug^rhad- :b'een tsuffered
inltfe ’edurseidf’ihdl vd^kgfe&oitv1 ^assll|l idlyn repaired j
Tile s'tandhkg<®^gihig,' j®iothbs@e rojlh-'ladHers 'by''wh$ch
thei sa-ihrs. Vaqeendvitp tHersrimmitsifhf the Viria1“#-, ■ and
which, fbeingj firmhyuJixed qAds&etdhedi oris.iaehjisidd
ffdm the hullinihbadydoff thelship. to dheJ mas ts ’»sijslfes‘
.febeptheiifo steady in theip placed is apt to beco.m|ei»ck
bylthe/influericel of tberftfo^^al|d\eatlgl; This,
up^fffcosetracted t aiiew^ tbiiahswjerffislofigihaljpurjiO^et
Someqqfettelsusipefeted ihasfs-vwfeit® dhfp'gsd^j and: others
fished?ias ]ittisdalled,! m. strengthened by planks fastened
bypeordage round r them. The j sails whfph affadi b.een
thinned and jweakerffidfhydisel; and • were mcsclqageir fit
to resist rkfeiblastsjn being! now properly»^/«®#iweather
sails, were!laid by for similar occasibns, and teplaoeif
by cartvas yet'"unworn. , Theseupi^autaonstwbrd;not
fbuncB^SS% and prevented!disasters wbidhnfche .sudden
Igusfe,' that- im thisoparteof the '-voyage jwereilexperh
eheedywbuld otherwise/bave prob'ably;;decasionedl.~n
-«During! thbrf^raftinhkhee'jofc stfongygale^Igenirietaett
who hadkulfef dd>by i sHa* feickne^ and;; whose rcomstitu-1
tiohs wpEelso<peculiar' asenoifto}berriucb fortified fey -the
habitt of - being! at* sea, iwe'rei, agaijifaffebted byifchejin-
creaked'agitatiQnTQhlhevshlp by thfe waves. ©np!gef.s<?n]: