32. See Isbrand Ives in Harris's Collection, vol. ii. p.
931; Bell's Travels, vol. i. p. 247-254; and Gmelin. in the
Hist. Generale des Voyages, tom. xviii. p. 283-329. They all
remark the vulgar opinion, that the holy sea grows angry
and tempestuous if any one presumes to call it a lake. This
grammatical nicety often excites a dispute between the
absurd superstition of the mariners and the absurd obstinacy
of travellers.