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of the Sea, about a Musket-Shot from me; 

 the upper Part of which was fomewhat like 

 a Horfe, the Head> Neckj and Part of the 

 Body, being, as well as I could difcern, 

 lhaped like the fame Parts of that noble Crea- 

 ture, but the hind Part was in the Nature of 

 a Fifli. It had flat Feet, with which it 

 waddled along the Shore, and the next 

 Morning I faw it take to the Sea again. This 

 Creature feemed to me, as big as any four 

 Horfes put together. 



Though my Situation was none of the 

 lowcft, yet above me were very high Moun- 

 tains ; the Tops of which appeared tower- 

 ing one behind another up to the Clouds j 

 and from thence defcended to me the Voices 

 of ail Manner of wild Beafts, the Water at 

 the fame time pouring down from them 

 with great Violence; which, together with 

 the Raging of the Sea againft the Cliffs, af- 

 forded but a melancholy Scene to a lonely 

 difconfolate Man, already on the Point of 

 being ftarved to Death. Now I had ob- 

 ferved a narrow Cavity or Chink in the 

 Rocks, where I could not only difcern Light, 

 but could alfo behold the Sea through it 



flowing 



