i BMUTIRnI SETTlLEMENT
of the north-winds, the danger becomes
much increased. The weather at 'such
seasons is usually hazy and thick; and!tha
currents, which, in this part of thF
world, are peculiarly governed by the
influence of the winds., run with, sch
extraordinary rapidity, as frequently id8
iives all calculation, and renders veqr
precaution ineffectual. There is:atthr
ihing Mbhich may alsq be deserving o!ofke
mark: so-ieeepEtius ar the different .ey
ffam: the general re emgbl nce fheybearx t
each other, that the most experienced sea'
man when placed amongst tbp :ofeq
becomes fatally perplexed from the.:impost
sibility he finds of accurately ascertaining
hit sitnatiodi. Indeed,' onri making thi
coast, it is seldom sa ito pr6ed& jthbi't
a pilot. 30On taking a depaiture from Hon-
duras, thie hazard -becomes,: if pVosibe4
greater than that of approaching it, froi
thIe 'i-cTeaed'nunitber of the1 foregoTi'g im'
pediments. The first obtjcCfto l ttaitin"