Becalm’d i en mening
Kidd had a Ship like that—the fam’d Adventure Galley—and ’twas said she could do fourteen Knots under Sail, and three with Oars if she should be becalm’d.
We were not far from the Mouth of the Gambia River, and the Weather had become almost unbearably hot and humid, when our Ship found itself suddenly becalm’d and Fog-bound and unable to proceed under Sail.
The Currents must carry her South to the West Indies like any other Ship, said Horatio, and tho’ she sail’d full six Weeks past, who knows but she might be becalm’d or encounter other Difficulties.
We were not far from the Mouth of the Gambia River, and the Weather had become almost unbearably hot and humid, when our Ship found itself suddenly becalm’d and Fog-bound and unable to proceed under Sail.
The Currents must carry her South to the West Indies like any other Ship, said Horatio, and tho’ she sail’d full six Weeks past, who knows but she might be becalm’d or encounter other Difficulties.
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