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 -firſt, I was alarmed by an unuſual noiſe upon the deck, and running upon, perceived that every remaining fail in the veſſel, the fore ſail excepted, was totally carried away. The ſight horrible, and the whole veſſel preſented a ſpectacle as dreadful to the feelings as mortifying to human pride. Fear had produced, not only all the helpleſſneſs of deſpondency, but all the miſchievous of inſanity. In one place ſtood the captain,, ſtamping, and tearing his hair in handfuls his head--here, ſome of the crew were caſt upon their knees, claſping their hands, and praying, with all the extravagance of horror painted in their faces--there, others were flogging their images with all their might, calling upon them to allay the ſtorm. One of our paſſengers, who was purſer of an Engliſh Eaſt Indianan, had got hold of a caſe-bottle of rum, and with an air of diſtraction and deep diſpair imprinted in his face, was ſtalking about in his ſhirt. I perceived him to be on the point of ſerving it about, in large tumblers, to the undiſmayed people; and well convinced, that,  far from alleviating, it would ſharpen the horrors of their mind; I went forward, and with much difficult prevented him

"Having accompliſhed this point, I applied myſelf to the captain, and endeavoured to bring him (if poſſible) to his recollection, and to a ſenſe of what he owed to his duty as a commander, and  his dignity as a man: I exhorted him to encourage the ſailors by his example; and ſtrove to raiſe his ſpirits, by ſaying that the ſtorm did not appear  me by any means ſo terrible as ſome I had before experienced.

"While I was thus employed, we ſhipped a ſea on the ſtarboard ſide, which I really thought would have ſent us down. The veſſel ſeemed to ſink