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severe degree, to sleep in their little
barks on the water, to escape such
horrid torments. Frequently there were
not fewer than eight or ten of these
boats around our vessel, and some. of
them containing not less than fifteen
persons; their bed, a few loose leaves;
their covering, the heavens.
 Wednesday, 16th.-The sea deities
have never shewn the smallest kindness
for me. Eer awaited by foul winds.;
and who would not complain of foul
winds in the latitude of 160 20' in a vessel
of twelve tons, my allotment of it d space
of six feet by four, and with no alternative
but of incurring the danger of breaking
my neck, or of continually remaining
prostrat ? In such a situation, who would
deny the natural propriety of the Eastern
squat, or could help becoming a con-
vert to the singular opinions of WVortley
Montague ?
 Thursday, 17th.-A .sleepless night;