It is impossible for me to express the several gestures, thestrange ecstasies, the variety of postures which these poordelivered people ran into, to express the joy of their souls at sounexpected a deliverance. Grief and fear are easily described:sighs, tears, groans, and a very few motions of the head and hands,make up the sum of its variety; but an excess of joy, a surprise ofjoy, has a thousand extravagances in it. There were some in tears;some raging and tearing themselves, as if they had been in thegreatest agonies of sorrow; some stark raving and downrightlunatic; some ran about the ship stamping with their feet, otherswringing their hands; some were dancing, some singing, somelaughing, more crying, many quite dumb, not able to speak a word;others sick and vomiting; several swooning and ready to faint; anda few were crossing themselves and giving God thanks.