Our wind is still good but is almost all gone, and we have not run more than 20 or 25
leagues, within the last 48 hours. This forenoon we saw something at Sea, but we could not
distinguish 280what. Some said it was a very large piece of
wood. Others, were of opinion, that it was a boat overset. It pass'd at a small distance,
and amused us for half an hour. At Sea, such is the continual sameness of the surrounding
objects that the smallest trifle becomes interesting, and is sufficient to excite our
curiosity and occupy our attention.