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eighteen mentioned in paragraph the fixth, and 

 who were commiffioned by King William^ to 

 prevent the Danes from attacking Swedtm at fo fa- 

 vourable a juncture, as when Livofiia was invaded 

 by the Miifcovite, I could wifh heartily, that the 

 fame care had been taken iince, to llop the Pro- 

 grefs of the Ruffian Arms : For though their pre- 

 fent Emprefs is in ftricfl Alliance with us> yet I 

 dread the confequences of their future Power. We 

 did not touch again at Elfinore^ but continued our 

 Voyage without Hopping, till we caft Anchor in 

 Yarmouth Road. 



1 8, A^. B, The Straits between Schonen and 

 Denmark are froze over every Winter, and a great 

 fingularity of the Baltick Sea, as well as of the 

 Mediteranean, is, That there is very little if any 

 Tide at all in it : And as the Water is not difturb- 

 ed and muddied thereby, fo you may diftindlly fee 

 a Stone which is no bigger than my Head lay at 

 the bottom, in fix or feven fathom of Water. 

 Give me leave to add. That there is the felf fame 

 transparency in the Sea, between Nevis and the 

 Salt-pond Hills in Saint Chrijlophers, where the 

 Tides are fcarce perceptible ; and farther ftill, that 

 it is matter of wonder to me, that the Adriatick 

 Sea fliould have very regular Tides, when the 

 Mediteranean has none, according to the common 

 opinion, which opinion I think juftly queftion- 

 able. 



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