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Town. In this voyage I met with an accident that was painful and troublesome to me, which happened in a hard gale of wind, I being to the windward, and the ship having a large motion, and missing my hold, was canted from my place to the other side of the vessel, against the edge of a chest, and so bruised my leg that I could not do my business as I usually did, which was a great hinderance and disappointment to me: but in about a month's time, with the assistance of some of my friends there, I got indifferently through it, and also rode to Bridge-Town, and had several meetings there. I was also at several good and comfortable meetings at Speight'sTown, where we had one the day we sailed, being the 21st of the Eleventh month; and on the seashore parted with our friends in great love, and set sail, the wind being about north-east, so that we could not weather the island of Martinico; we therefore sailed along by the islands of Dominica, and Guadaloupe, and had calms under the islands, and sometimes the eddy winds from off the mountains, or high lands, would take the sails, and carry the ship clear round, which made it sometimes tedious. The 23d and 24th we passed the islands of Montserrat, Antigua, Rodondo, Christopher's, Nevis, Bartholomew, Eustatia, Saba, Barbuda, Martin's, and Anguilla, the winds and the weather being fair and pleasant. The 25th in the evening, it began to be hazy; and, in the night we split our main-top

sail, which cost us a great deal of labour, and loss of time, before we could get it mended and set again. We had pretty fair weather about twenty days, until we came on our coast, and into soundings; when a hard gale of wind springing up easterly, which setting on the shore, was dangerous, and we had a long night coming on; but, through the favour of the Almighty, we got off from the land. In the midst of the danger of this storm, my soul sang praises to the Lord.

The 12th of the Twelfth month we met with another easterly storm, being in about thirty fathom water, it blew, and rained very hard, and was also exceeding cold, and our coming from a hot climate made it more hard to bear. In this storm we saw divers lights, which the sailors call corposants, one of them was exceeding bright, and sat, as near as I can compute it, about half an hour on our main-top-mast head, plain to the view of all the ship's company, divers of whom said they never saw the like, and I think I never heard of, or saw the like before.

This storm continued all night till day, when it abated, and it being the first of the week, we had a comfortable meeting, in which the people on board were advised to get divine and heavenly learning, and not to be fools in religion, or in the things of God, nor to hate his true knowledge; for if they had all the natural knowledge, and brightest natural parts in the world, they would be but fools without the true fear of God, which

the wise king Solomon says, is the beginning of wisdom.

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- The 27th of the month we saw Cape Henlopen, having been 27 days from the island of Barbadoes: this was a close, foggy day, we could see but very little before us, and had like to have been a-ground on the shoals, which they call the Hen and Chickens, but went between them and the Cape, in three fathom water; the wind blowing hard at south, we went up the bay by the lead, for we could not see the land; and the gale being so fresh, we got to Bombay-Hook, from our Capes, in about six hours, which is accounted twenty leagues, where we came to an anchor, and there met with abundance of ice. Merciful was the deliverance and preservation we met with, from the hand of the Almighty, this voyage; may we ever gratefully remember it! About a league above Bombay-Hook, when the fog broke up, we found ourselves close on the Jersey shore; and the wind sprung up at north-west, and obliged us to come to an anchor; where the ice came down upon us, which surprised some of us much. The sudden coming out of so hot a climate, into one so severely cold, had a bad effect on most of our ship's company; and for my own part, I had a sore fit of the phthisic, and was at times, almost breathless, and thought I must die, for I could hardly breathe, or speak; but yet I resolved, as long as I was capable of thoughts, I would think of God, and my beloved Jesus; in which thoughts

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and meditations 1 found some comfort and consolation. I sat up for divers nights, not being able to lie down for want of breath; and I could not drink any strong drink, as rum, wine, ale, or punch, such as the sailors drank; but, instead thereof, I drank sage tea, which was very helpful to me.

The next day, the ice came down more and more upon us, and we feared to put back, because, if we had gone a-ground in the bay, the ice might have demolished us; so we took the most convenient time we could, and got up our anchor, with some difficulty, and stood for Reedy-Island, one of the best harbours upon the Delaware; but the wind and tide failing us, we could not get in; and the ebb brought down the ice mightily on us, so that it took away the head of our vessel, and cut her sides very much. The next tide we got into the harbour, and lay close to Reedy-Island, making the ship fast on shore. While we lay here, several vessels came to us, and fastened on shore as we did. The ice drove one vessel on us, and broke our sprit-sail yard. Here I went on shore, where the people were very kind to us, particularly the sheriff of the county, John Gooding, and his wife and family. I went also to the house of John M'Cool, who, with his wife, were very tender in their care and love towards me; bathing my swelled and benumbed limbs until the frost was pretty well out of them. The good-will, and tender love and care, I here met with, affect my mind in the noting of it: I pray

the most High, whom I love and serve, to be their rewarder.

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I had two meetings at our meeting-house at George's Creek, where were people of divers persuasions, who gave good attention. For these meetings I was truly thankful; for though, through the extreme cold, I could hardly speak when on board, I now spoke freely, much to my admiration, and I believe to the people's satis faction, more than is proper for me to mention ; wherefore I praise God. When the weather was a little more open, and the ice gone, we sailed the river to Philadelphia, where I was joyfully received by my friends; and while the vessel was repairing and fitting for another voyage, I was not idle, but visited Friends' meetings at Philadelphia, Burlington, Abington, German-Town, Biberry, Fair-hill, and Frankfort, being sometimes at four or five meetings a week. I was also at Haddonfield and Evesham meetings in West Jersey; both good and comfortable meetings, and will not easily be forgotten; for therein God was graciously pleased to visit us with his word; blessed be his name!

The 4th of the Third month, we again set sail for Speight's Town, in Barbadoes; and the 6th of the month, about six in the morning, left the Capes of Delaware. From the time we left the sight of the Capes of Delaware, to the sight of Barbadoes, was twenty-five days, which was the quickest voyage that ever I had in this ship,

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