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they let loose their Plumtnet (ours did Weigh 40 Pounis) and Sink it 2coFatbom. Then though it never toucbes the Bottom, yet will the Boat turnHead against the Current (which constantly runs very strongly orjrs seif,ünceso muchof Sea runs into the Gulf of Mexico) and rides as Firmly, asifit were faftened by the, strongest Cable and Anchor to the Bottom. If youwonder to hear me mention a Calm there abouts, where you would expectaConstant Levantine Wind; I (hall in form you, that ’tis no Unufual thiugto meet with Calms, if you approach within any Distance of Land : forsome Gust, or Land-wind will so Poyfe the Levantine-wind, that you stiallhave a Perfect Calm.

The Change oföimate, and the Effects of it are vcry Sensible toour Bo-dies, as we approach the Tropick. There ufoally happened Sicknejfes in ourShips about that Time ; and as soon as the Seamen paß the Tropick s thcy stillufe Expreffions of Joy, by Eiring ot Guns in Testimony of Gladnesi for theirSafeArrival so far. 1 could not learn of the Old Seamen any othcr Reasonfor the Different Condii ion of Health, with which our Ships now Sail, inComparison of what our Ancestors Experimented, than this: Generally allour Seamen and Passcngers Let Blood in the Voyage betöre that rime. Yet isflöt that so be done Ralhly, nor by all in the tarne Degree of Latitude ; for Icarefully observed in our Ships the Alteration of our Bodies upon the Changeof Climate , and found that the Blood of the Engliß j, which confists of parfsmore Groß, and is Extracted from a more Substantial Food, vix*, that ofFleß), than in other Countries, did Attenuate, and the Pulses in some be-came very Lofty, Füll and Quick; in others, Slow, yet more lofty andfüll than betöre. In some there wasa Senfe of Prickingm their Fleßs ; insome a grcat Dulnefs, and Ofprejßcn of Sprits and Heavinefs: aster which theypaß into a Gondition of Sweating , which pursoes them afterwards for a longtime. From this Agitation of Humour$ 3 itis easy to shew the Reason, why ourAncestors feil Sick, and how necessary it is to Bleed, when any feel those Sym-ptoms inhim: for immediately upon Bleeding the Fores are opened, and thcyfall to ; and bythisCourso, those numbers ofPeople we carried overwith us to Jamaica , Arrived Safe. Some I causcd to be Blooded in 32 De-gree s, some ir> a8, some in 24, and 23 Deg. And in all our Ships there diedbut Three. In our Ship, Two bad the Disiase, so much talked of, call’dthe Calenture: but they were thus Cured prefently. 1 was talking with oncof them, and on a sod'den he beheld Green-leaves, as he Imagincd, Floatingon the Sea, which yet was Äz.ure Coloured : after that he began to admire thefine Woods, which he fancied to be near us. I immediately gave bim a Vo-mit of the Olafs of Antimony in Sack ; which no sooner had wrought its Es-se 61 , but all those Imaginations Vanifhed. .AtNight I gave bim some Ccn-(erveof Red Roses Vttrtolated, Salt of Wormwcod and Diafcordium: the ncxtDay he was Blooded at the Arm in the Morning ; and in the lorc-bead in theAfternoon, HisD« was Water-gruel with Cream of Tartar in it; and alsolome Trustes Stewed. I could percdve nothing ofany B’eaver in the Diltale ;his Pulse was Low, Slow and Equal ; his Temper rather Colder than cught tobs 3 so far was he from any Sense of Heat } or Dtsccleraticn of his Tmgue, or

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