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by any accident loofened from the bottom, does 

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13. Confultlng my laft Volume of Remarks, 

 I found in them the following PalTage, which I 

 had with fingular pleafure tranfcribed verbatim 

 out of the Saint James's Evenhig Pojl for Sep- 

 t€7nber 25, 1729, viz, " Some days ago Captain 

 Hannibal^ in the Sloop Cornelius, brought over 

 as PafTengers from Koterdain^ the two famous 

 Englijh Divers living at Weymouth, having been 

 three Years in the Dutch Eaji India Compa- 

 ny's Service, and had been fent to fifli upon the 

 Wrecks of fome Ships of theirs in India : They 

 *^ gave a fpecimen of their Skill before the 

 *' Governour and Direftors at Middleburgh in 

 Zealand^ by diving in fix Fathom Water, and 

 flaying at the bottom three quarters of an 

 hour, bringing up fome Gravel in their hands : 

 " The Directors afterward entered into a Con- 

 trad with them, agreeing to. give fix Pounds 

 ' per Cent, for the Treafure they ihould recover, 

 and fo for other Goods in proportion to their 

 Value. The firft trial they made was upon 

 the Wreck of a Dutch Eaji India Ship that 

 " had been loft oft^ Cape Coaft in fix Fathom 

 Sea, in which they fucceeded fo well, that 

 they brought up at feveral times 3600/. in 

 Silver. They dived alfo upon another Wreck 

 '' in eight Fathoms, and brought up fome Bars 



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