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Show 2 17 59· · May 2. May 4· May 5· May 14. May 21~. May lS. May3t. TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH-AMERICA. t I1 e evem. ng ana tiler ve1Tel bore down upon the fl:ernmoil: ibips, and fpoke with them. Fair, pleafant weather. The next day we found by o~r reckoning that we had made a hundred leagues from the Lands End. Strong violent aales at north and by wefl:. In the evening ' b fi . d the Molly, captain Chew, had her main-top-rna carne away, and hoifled out a fignal of diflrefs. From .this time to the 14th, nothing remarkable happened: the wind was feldom fair; but the weather being moderate, we made frequent vifits, and pa1fed our time ~ery ag:ee~bly~ Captain Necks fell ill of a fever, and contmued md1fpoied feveral days: he began to mend about the 17th. In the afternoon, a fudden and violent fquall from the northweft obliged us to lye-to under our r~efed main-~ail: it conti· nued to increafe, and blew a fiorm for about thuty-fix hours, when it began to moderate. We made fail in the forenoon,. with about four lhips in company; and the next day in the evening were joined by eighteen more. From that time to the 28th, nothing remarkable happened: we had generally pleafant weather, but adverfe winds .. We frequently vifited; and were much entertained with feeing grampufes, turtles, bonetas, porpoifes, flying and other filh, common in the Atlantic. We difcovered a large fail; fhe direCted her courfe towards the eaft. We took her to be an Englifh man of war gping exprefs. She carried three top-gallant fails. We fpoke with a floop bound from Antigua to London. She acquainted the commodore with the agreeable news of his majefiy's forces at Guadaloupe having reduced that whole ifland under fubjection to the Britilh government. The wind fiill continued unfavourable. We , WILLIAMSBURG. VIRGINIA. We fpoke with a fi1ow from Carolina, who informed the commodore, that a French frigate was cruifing off the Capes of Virginia. From that time to the 11th, we had nothing remarkable. The wind was generally from wefl: to north-welt, and there were frequent fqualls with lightning. We faw fe-veral bonetas, grampufes, albicores, and filh of different kinds. The water appeared difcoloured; and we concluded that we were upon the Banks of Newfoundland: we cafl: the lead, but found no ground. The weather was thick and hazy. Nothing remarkable happened from this time to the 3d of July: we had pleafant weather, though now and then fqualls with lightning. We fell in with feveral currents and had vari .. able winds. I 759• June 5· June II. We had fine weather, with a gentle breeze at N. W. We July 3 , were now, according to the commodore's reckoning (which we afterward found to be true), about fixty leagues from land. The air was richly fcented with the fragrance of the pines. We faw a great many floops, from whence we imagined July 4 • that we were near the coafl:. The wind was at eafl: by north. About fix in the morning we caught fame green fifh : upon July 5 • this we founded, and found eighteen fathom water. At ten we difcovered land, which proved to be Cape Charles ; and about three hours afterward failed through the capes into Chefapeak- Bay. The commodore took his leave to go upon a cruife; and at eight in the evening we came to an anchor in York-River, after a tedious and difagreeable voyage of almofl: ten weeks. The next morning having hired a chaife at York, I went to William!burg, about twelve miles difiant. The road is exceedingly pleafant, through fame of the .finefi tobacco plantations in North-America, with a beautiful view of the river and woods of great extent. B 2 Wil .. 3 |