The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / [Henry Fielding].

  • Henry Fielding
Date:
1755
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Credit: The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / [Henry Fielding]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    would have arifen to him from the Wefterly wind of to-morrow, may be totally loft and thrown away, by ne¬ glecting the offer of the eafterly blaft which blows to-day. Hence enfues grief and diireputation to the innocent captain, loft and difap- pointment to the worthy merchant, and not feldom great prejudice to the trade of a nation, whole manufactures are thus liable to lye unfold in a foreign warehoufe, the market being foreftall’d by fome rival whofe failors are under a better difcipline. To guard againft thefe inconveniencies, the prudent cap¬ tain takes every precaution in his pow¬ er : he makes the ftrongeft contracts with his crew, and thereby binds them fo firmly, that none but the greateft or leaft of men can break through them with impun'ty : but for one of thefe two reafons, which I will not deter¬ mine, the failor, like his brother fifh the eel, is too flippery to be held, and