An account of several late voyages and discoveries
38 Tlie Seeond Pdt"t of tb, YoJdge in the middle of the Ship, for before and hind rhe Sea beats hard againtl them. ThtS are driven againft the Maft, and ha\'e no fte nefs from the Wind. lf in a brisk Gale of full Wind the Sails are atl fuJl and R.ound, · Ship fails beft upon the Sea. There is as great ditference in Ships, as Sailing, as there is in Horfes, conctmin~ fineís and fwifrnefs; the motion of the S· is therefore ditferent ; the fiilnefs and ctnefs, whcn nothing is tumbled up anJ do in the Sbip , furthereth alfo failing much. The Ships fwim fomething higher in Sea then they do in Frefh-water; for rhe11 almoft a foor ditference in a Ship with thc f Jo:1ding. 'Tis general\y agreed upon, th.11 may f ee a Ship in a calm Sea. rhree, or rr: and a hal f German Miles off, and be} ond difrance rhe Sea loferh it felf in the Air, the Air in rhe Sea. lf a Ship faileth on main Sea at one and hatf Gcrma,, Miles difu you h1ve loíl: thc fight of ha1f rhe Ship; two Miles you fee only the uppermoíl M at three Mil~s diílance you fee only the fl . and when it goeth fartber, you have quite it. Land and Mounrains may be feen at a g di~ance at Sea ; we faw Spitzbergen at rw -Miles dHhince off at Sea; the Counrry lo Jike a black Cload full of white R:roaks, as is the Cut D marked with a, b, e, g, h, i. the Ice of this Sea it is coldeft where thc Wa
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