Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 25 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a travel narrative or ship's log, labeled "A MONTH's TOUR" (page 25). The text describes challenging maritime conditions: the wind shifting to the west and then north-west, blowing violently for twenty hours with mountainous waves that made navigation difficult. The ship reached the Hibernian (Irish) shore at three o'clock P.M., then steered north to catch the tide, requiring multiple tacks against the wind while being buffeted by squalls. The passage emphasizes the danger and tedium of the voyage.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
gee, K MONTH's TOUR. 35 the wind changed to the weft, and con- tinued near this point for fome time,*in- .clining, however, to the north, At noon it changed to the north-weft, and blew with great violence for the fpace of twen- ty hours. The billows-rolfled mountains high, and it was with the utmoft difi- culty that the fhip made head againft the turbulence-of the-ftorm.. At three-o’clock, P. M.’we made the Hibernian fhore.. We fteered to the north, in order to get the tide upon our lee -bow, which render’d our-paflage the more dangerous, as well-as tedious, being obliged to make feveral tacks to gainthe wind. In the mean time we. were affailed by feveral fqualls of wind, D at- comicbooks.com «