I [ i79&
ftAd th£h ^UVat^itothe.'Atenenfe Tummit. Theffe dlglxfs <f£
the imrvetlotos Worte of. ou*.'©sd exalted our; ideas of his .gKsataefs
and glory i and increafed qur jo y to d praife'j abated th&t $hk?awful
Saf to d f e divine ,perfections -engaged ini our behalf.
We Have fe to e ira e silft-wk the deck with facredpkafure and
compofure, vSfew&ifg;' A e i4 cA!Niin^i4^teiis^mfcieirery! fide, ifcnte 4&J»*
lowing; -Jfe With l i n k foaming fop's, and -feming -to threaten pur. .&»■
ftriiStiHH 3 hut kiftead sttf ^dfoiag his; any »Itorni^librdy.jpttflHng Us on
the falier to ihe haven where w e would he. We wereunafele-fQ
celebrate the Lord’s • fupper through the. agkdticm of ithfe* vjeflbl, and
fuftiled'iw# ISfeali fm tk e Writer a »mating »fipffayerthetwden d^Jis^
®pfe ^H f e e d Truth Ae ^M tc t f the fun, and the fea making often
a Way'cJvcf Uhe-ftup, fbfe ILord-made up every want A>y v.buchftfiiig
^k g i^o u s^ ^ehc e ^^eTcPsddiadbptiAe flaangila ^sdf A e poet:: |
Thy-fhining grace can‘cheer
The dUhgeoirwhere ’we/dwcU ;.
’Tis paradife i f thou to: there,
I f thou depart’his hell. ,
Though h y hhanging our > coUtfe’rwe fhall lengthen ,our voyage
•feVen ‘thoufahd ‘miles, and have two (hundred and eleven degrees.-of
•fo'ngituile 'to ■ run, yet the-fpeed with -which me advanceiis amazing;
in ; the Tfcft twmdays, fineeFriday at midnight, werhave run hytthe
log pear 'five hundrrtbmiles. TheiLord jrfendiHg ois About ns (Jie
•did h is TftaeMf -^bl, and-»p< doubt Tor wife ends. -Could'wse'have
gone round Gdpe 'Horn, we might probably/have reached:the;plaee
- o f o u t Seftittatito mUcliTooner: 'h u t • we a r e . fhort-fighted i creatures,
to d in the'heft hands ; let his will be done, who knows how moft
Tafely to-lead us through the deep as through a wildemefs.
T h e immenfe flioals of 'fifhes around us have often amufcd and
aftonifhed us-; Tome -larger marching; in great pomp, followed' by a
train o f finaller, and -approaching clofe to the flijpls fides.j the
P^C,.]
^yi-rigr^fit; rifjng 1-ike. 4 put0§jj^t^g(\yai$r, and often
falling on board; one fifteen inches long flew direCtly againft our bell,
: they were very
fi^vi^bund»yis. •.
aoth. We re-croffed the meridian o f London, and beaarajtgajibing
■ pur fongjtyde -egJJvwajd ^afid eiia^b^^bak o f theCape. fff. .Good
11opt., 1 n ^ e kyiitiudi.,^»!, t/pck ,<}>f 4©?, 2^. S . with a fine ,gjk. iVti^rly
driving us along at the rate o f eightp|t nine nnles^u'ifcho^yUB
^ -tC-hxifltmjtS-p^ef {^ ^ ts -k^s^V. P . ga-cot^to-able with
t,3}K'SQ£Qs®Ste§i l^Tslte) pother ffpdges-gnd his wife 3 djjidji
gpod^a^^oftpur^o-yvn m a k ir fe to A a vu,y nice diflipfodmcolate. M y
mip(4 -/tetffift. abfent
Ir|^Erf^|eji^t^i|^trp|ind,t^eir^e“|Me,and faysing,
Ah,_,gqor /
^^ga'I^h. j Afygr fa I^giajh,, ijX. £ . tbg J^or^’^&gpef-j.was
_%c|mifii!ie{pd-> M§fl^d l^foupd 4t-g.™ejcy q ^ ^ o r to le fi^ q n ,,
forty miles the laft twenty-four hours, .y
• ,,^ ^ 1 . (Pb^i^ed, grij eclipfe ^ ^ th g fun to f about thfee^xpuxs.(tcon-
^jipancp^^HfS6* 'P&® jMh g.. iPHfcurgd, g|^prgduced,g v perceptible
jjgrkpp^j. 1
, .T-he finiffiqnarles ,were,-now app]y^gc.^ep^fi,l.veg,to.|hft.Qtahei|:e:an
pleading; pfpf^-sp£i|th.ejr.
sand-aptnefs totacpuireUt: -jAiparf p fj ^ch’^dgyj-v^s qj'lh, ^ppropri^t^
jfee Rev. ,AjIr. ;,Greafhped^s{.agGpunt ,pf nthe.VjS@p^h-S£a
4flan,4s 5 W # tj^ey^'ftyled.MlifiQnary^epff^^yjyf^pjMrf^ueeid^rjYing
confiderable,knowledge: theMi^Ms).alfo'became more everoferlT and
PfS'd^ tg jp e pfi^ppjjyipu in c rg a^ j|^ ^ f^ g | t^ p :p yp p a e ty
„of I^ ^ r ;:| f^ ^ ^ p ^ san d iy^hlch{gr^uj>jappe|re4,the>pipft ^ligiljle and
•fafe -tp f^ le in>jn^bgie;?prefen;pd uH.efF4.i|nd4y^Ifles, Otaheite.
JoJ^n; .jHarris alon^ sy^s -ToXf.ithei^axquelaaai^ Jiad kjng. ago made
that chpj^ie, |nd •
„«ply Jo fjiaye fgne .GrytSPit?