gain with fo much haft^after I fliall have made a little voyage uf^^ 
on the Red Sea^whither I go every year to vificthe poor Slaves 
in the Gallies of the TurkSjacc. F,Brothais^ 
ExtraU of a French Letter^ written by F. Jaques Paul Babin, a Jet 
fuityto F Jgnatius Bardy of the fame Company ^from Negropont, 
idcL^ 1 5» 1 6yo''^and lately communicated by the Learned Jefutt Ber«* 
tet to a Friend of his in London > concerning the Flu^ of the 
Euripus. 
ALthough the Euripus be a Symbol of inconftancyj yet hath 
it this advantage, that whereas the great things, which the 
Antients have recorded of the Cities and Rivers ot Greece^ are 
or appear no more in being, the Euripus ftill remains what it 
hath been* 'Tis true, that the Town of f^^/m is deftroyed^ 
but in the place thereof we may fee that of IStegropontmEuhoea^ 
which is fever'd from Bcetia only/by an Arm of the Sea^ where 
this Euripus is found ; over whfch are built two BridgeSj one of 
Stone^ the other of Wood J in the middle whereof is a Rock^ 
on which the Venetians formerly built a Caftle^ which on its Gates 
doth yet fliew the Lions, the Arms of the City* 
I have not contented my felf with reading what Antient Wri^ 
ters have left us of this Phmomenon, who did either not fee it or 
noteonfider it with thatcarefulnefs and attention I havedone^ , 
having made upon the place long Obfervations ^ which were 
found conform to thofe intelligent Natives,of whom I made in^ 
quiry, efpecially the Turks, that have the care of the Mills of 
this Euripus.nnd know all the times when the Wings and Wheels 
of them aretobemov'd and turn'd according as the ¥/ater of 
this Streight by its flux and reflux changes its cpurfe* 
The Euripus then is a Streight of the Mgean Sea, fo narrow^, 
that a Galley can fcarce pafs through ir^ under a Bridge, buik 
between the Cittadel and the Donjon of iV^r5/?fi?i/* But not 
only this place, where the Bridge is, is call'd the Euripits^ but 
alfo ten or twelve leagues on each fide of it, where the Cha^ 
ne! being more large, the iiiconftant courfeisnot fd fenfible^ 
as at die foot of the Cc.flle, For three or four leagues on each 
lid : fouod fix or feven Gulfs^ wherein this water Ihucs 
