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fo low, that the fea, and the illand appear 

 beyond it. 



On opening the mouth of the river, our 

 boat-men attempted to carry us acrofs the 

 mud-lands, as they had done in the morning; 

 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 fticking, 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 mafters in 

 landfcape omit them. 



— — — iEneas ingentem ex aequore * lucum 

 Profpicit. Hunc inter fluvio Tiberinus amaeao 



* .u^neas did not fee the grove ^-.v <equore^ from his Jhip—hxxt 

 he faw it rifing ex tequore from tlie ix>aters edge. 



Vorticibus 



