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but as the tide was too far fpent, they found 

 it dangerous, and defifted : for if a boat fhould 

 only touch the ground, the delay of a few 

 minutes might endanger her flicking, till the 

 return of the tide ; fo rapidly do the waters 

 retreat. 



As the tide was leaving the mud-lands, 

 flights of fea-gulls hovered round, watching, 

 on that event, to pick up the little wreck that 

 remained. Sea- fowl are the common appen- 

 dages of all eftuaries. Indeed few matters in 

 landfcape omit them. 



. ./Eneas ingentem ex aequore * lucum 



Profpicit. Hunc inter fluvio Tiberinus amasno, 

 Vorticibus rapidis, et multa flavus arena, 

 In mare prorumpit. V arise circumque, fupraque, 

 Affuetae ripis volucres,. et fluminis alveo 

 ^Ethera mulcebant cantu, lucoque volabant. 



Again 



Ceu quondam nivei liquida inter nubjla cygni, 

 Cum fefe e paftu refenint, et longa canoros 



Dant per colla modos, fonat amnis 



And again 



Pifcofo amne Padufae 



Dant fonitum rauci per ftagna loquacia cygni. 



* tineas did not fee the grove ex tquore, from his Jhip but 

 he faw it rifing ex aquore from the water's edge. 



On 



