piuch experience I bayprppe^tedly had, in a very fePSVy§e&>
whfle in the Lady
sopqe :thaTjs{«3,d miles frpm any A'^pçy/i land, where th#re was n<?
continent .$(> interrupt of the §ea, and b u | |jh |b wind
tr> assist my, in Ahyylmg fiß tfi£ vessel;b§fejre$i. agjjtfcfiiS-QH,felßv
pens I®; the geutheip bemisptee, .^?!$&srçflg; Yßty haftXjr.foir
spme ^pnsiderable length of tipip, that it will fell nearly calm
in the pours© of an Jioijr, pr evenylessj when th© spa being
rgäsftd 1« ji.|r e ^ ; height it has ndt thue to fel}> hubfeY^9Wb
shpyt time will conl.inno to .rise .and break much- T h #renot
being wind sufficient tp kepp a ypsgpl" tp, she beoonte§ much
exposed in the trough or hollow o f the JPUr which
soIuté|ÿ necessary to hear up, and put her bejprp* it. J u ^ f
ease the feenefit of being quick in getting theYespekrpund is
obvious to all seamen ; and it is now an undoubted fact, that
nothing will facilitate her coming round so much a t sliding
keels, as by the use o f the after-keel she is not only .brought
before the sea, but kept in that situation. They who dfe not
approvewf vessels built on this construction, will, howeyer,.admit
that they have an advantage in this point jovéllother yesgels,
whjeh are to he thrown off, or brought to by, the>r saijs a id
rudders.
On the 29th we had moderate breezes with flying showers—
overhauled all the places that leaked in the top-sides offlie fcsr
sei, and found several in the sail-room about the blbiSt-hpok,
which had not left a single sail hut what was jnore or less damaged,
and which took up much time and expence in repairing*
Tliis was a misfortune that I had no reason to expect, and
therefore gave me much uneasiness:. T
The weather at noon on the SOth cleared up, and brought us
fair weathers I seized the opportunity, and got all the bedding,
clothes, and damaged sails* on deck to air,
On
On the Alst vte had again drizzling damp weather, and as the
w i n d was at? N. E. and Nt I expected« to see Madeira soon;
but fix the evening it came onto blowibom N. E. by N. and N.
so heavy, that by midnight it blew a »vfery heavy gale, and from
time wehad had it in this quarter, and generally
bib wing*» strong,--' it maybe judged, what seà there Was.
■ Arts onei in th e mtorning io#the 1st' bf April we fell into a cross
heavy sea. When fbevessel was :hoyê,to, as it blew so hard,
we got- the Fore-topsail-yard down on thfeidseM^vtlMeh I found
o f .^reafe service,-as; it alio wed. the'vessel to - corné, up much
highet/inOF did she fall off so much;»- ' The wind in general was
at Nv E.i and nevér variëdi asbqve a point either way. Before
the, fore-topsail-yard was lowered, the vessel.had come Up to N.
and f é l off to M. N. W. Sometimtes a sea would throw her off
to W- by,N. When it was gofedowhi she came up and hung
long at N. By E. and never fell off farther than N ^N. W. and
exceptiïïgïwhën th e caos&Tsea! used ibvthrbw the spray: on board,
the weather side of the deck was: constantly dry;
The gate continued till the Ad, when it began,,to moderates
and finding the sèaE-gët«down a t five P. M. I bore Up. During
1he gale* We had drifted to the^south of Madeira, where I expected
to: have fallen' in with th e ;Anson*and coiivoy;; but the
wind still being fair I wished to make the most of it.
At half past three on the 5tHj saw the* Salvages bearing W.
by S. distant six or seven leagues; At .eight-passed them wâ thin
threédeagues; Shaped a courte*for Palma;’due-of tlië Canary
Islands ; whicfe dVhalf pastTour, P. M. I saw bearingr W. S. W.
fourteen* or fifteen leagued-. Wrë now crowded all the sail; wo
could in ordhr to get pasfllhese islands in’ tMe night,r keeping to;
the West of them. I found the variation by Wh© sun’s azimuth to
bents-rising 14?" 22’ W. Islandiof .Palma thenhearing' Ei. by'. S.
distant forty'miles by recfeoi»flgj;therinomAeF bn deck a t nbon?