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146 windmill, which we had fatened very trongly to the poop, was carried away by the billows. As our veel was much too heavily laden, we thought ourelves indemnified for the los, by getting rid of a burden of eleven hundred weight. I do not know how it happened that we were burthened with uch an almot ueles machine, ince whereever we were able to procure wheat, we could likewie procure flour. At any rate, a hand-mill ix times lighter, would have been les cumberome, and would have anwered our purpoe better.

The rolling of the veel was o violent, that our time-keepers truck againt the ides of their boxes, which ought to have been made rather more pacious.

We till aw a great number of flying fih, though we had already paed the 35° of S. latitude.

The quarter-galleries of both veels were built much too low, particularly conidering they drew o deep. We had reaon to apprehend that they might be carried away by the urge, if it hould long continue to run o high: thoe of the lower deck of the Eperance were already coniderably damaged.

29th. At this eaon of the year, veels that approach near to the mouth of the channel of Mozambique,