. The natural history of North-Carolina. With an account of the trade, manners, and customs of the Christian and Indian inhabitants. Illustrated with copper-plates, whereon are curiously engraved the map of the country, several strange beasts, birds, fishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, &c . eces, yet I have seldom known or heardof any farther Dammage. There are prodigious Water-Spouts to be seen in this Coun-try, which are the forerunners and certain Signs of Stormsand bad Weather, which quickly follow after them: TheseWater-spouts are vast exhalations of Water running out ofthe Clouds
. The natural history of North-Carolina. With an account of the trade, manners, and customs of the Christian and Indian inhabitants. Illustrated with copper-plates, whereon are curiously engraved the map of the country, several strange beasts, birds, fishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, &c . eces, yet I have seldom known or heardof any farther Dammage. There are prodigious Water-Spouts to be seen in this Coun-try, which are the forerunners and certain Signs of Stormsand bad Weather, which quickly follow after them: TheseWater-spouts are vast exhalations of Water running out ofthe Clouds like little Rivers, and are generally to be met withat Sea and near the Shores, but seldom or never at Land;and are to be seen at a great distance, resembling all thecolours in the Rainbow; it is said they are dangerous to bemet with at Sea, for fear of falling upon their Vessels, forwhich reason when they espie them near at Hand, they fre-quently fire their great Guns to break them in the Air, be-fore they come near the surface of the Water, as I have beencredibly informed by several Masters of Ships; for I havenever seen them otherwise than at a great distance. Thereare no regular Tides in Carolina, but wdiat are occasionedfor the most part by the Winds shifting from one Point IK of North Carolina. 27
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