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rifing towards the main Sea^ and that there-after the waters 
retire thenalelves towards the fame place again whence they 
came^ 
I caufed the fame perfon to make another obfervation, which 
was. That that {welling ©f the which is irregular, laftcd 
not above a good quarter of an hour, and the finking there- 
of, three good quarters , though then the water ran with 
more rapidity, and ieem'd to us to come away in thrice as 
"great plenty, than when he faw it rife. I know not whe< 
therthis proceeded from the wind, not being able to alTure 
you 3 that this efied; is ordinary, till I have oftner obferved 
it. 
Between the afcent and defcent there is a little interval , 
wherein the water feems to be at reft and ftagnating, fo that, 
it there be no wind ftirringit, bits of wood and ftraw lye ftill 
upon the wafer without motion. 
From what 1 have faidj ^tis not difSculc to feconcile the 
Authors that have written fo differently of the Euripus, For 
thofe that have faid, that there is nothing in it but what is 
feen in the Ocean, that is, Two Fluxes and Refluxes in twenty 
four hours, have only obferv'd it in thofe twenty daies of its 
Regularity. And the Antients have not deliver d a fallhood^ 
when they fay , that there are Seven Reciprocations in one 
day, becaufe that happens when the Winds trouble and retard 
theCours of the water ; and I do affure, by often reiterated 
Obfervations , that when 'tis ftill weather \ the Flux and 
Reflux is made even to nine or ten times io a natural 
day. 
Kektion 
