An account of several late voyages and discoveries

S 4 The Seeond P 11rt of tb, Poyagt not in tbc great Waves, but in the Atmofph:re of the ~ea-water,. which the Wind blows up, and wh1ch looks hke a Fog. Commonly we fr. this before the Ship, and fometimes alío be– hind to the Lee-ward ( fo they call that íide ol the Ship towards the Sea) over-againfi the Suo, where che Shadow of tbeSail falleth. lt is r.oi the Shadow of the Sail, but a Bow lhewechi1 felf in the Shadow of the Sail. We fce 1hu pleafant reflexion, in the fmall drops of 1~: Sale-water of feveral colours, like ,h\! Rain· bows io the Skies, that are feen over-againfi en, dark Clouds. This brings to my Mind another Ph~no nor, viz. that in the Clouds ne.ir the Sun, i very bright Light is feen, like a Perelion Oi Mock-fun. Thefe Lights are called Weath· galls by the Sea-men. This bright Light we find in the lower-mot Air, in the dark H1ady Clouds 1 th3t are notun like to a Cloud of Rain, becaufe ir is lull drops, whcrein the Sun is reprefented 1 as thic are in a Looking-glafs. This clearnefs of the Sun caufeth a Heir whi(h drives from it a R.ain-bow, figured b the Sun, w~ich bow are the Drops that by 1 Heat of the Sun are changed into a Vapour Fog, and this Vapour fbews likc fmoak in Air~ when the Cold remits, wherdn tht'feC tours are no more feen. · But in thefe raifed Drops, as aforeíaid, th Son reprefents it fdf, and· caufeth thefe C lou.rs , which are truly difiinO; and repre~ Blew