A sudden change in the weather coming on, I got no more turtle or fish of any sort before reaching port.

July 31 a gale sprang up suddenly from the north, with heavy seas, and I shortened sail.

The _Spray_ made only fifty-one miles on her course that day.

August 1 the gale continued, with heavy seas.

Through the night the sloop was reaching, under close-reefed mainsail and bobbed jib.