( 192 T 
4n to the Eaftward, at the Rate I have already mention <L 
What I look upon to be very remarkable, is that in the 
Year 17^, Monfieur du Daigle , that; fprtunat^and 
generous Commander of the Privateer call d the sce- 
nt x of Marfeille , giving Chafe, near Ceuta Point, to a 
<Dutch Ship bound for Holland , he came up with her 
in the middle of the Gut, or S [ rei & htS ^ tV 'lfJ^ x 
and Tanner, and there gave her one Broad-fid., whicli 
direftly funk her, all her Men being fav’d by the Means 
of Motif. du L'aigle ; and a few Days after, the funk 
Ship, with her Cargo of Brandy and Oil, aVofe on the 
Shore near Tangier, which is, at leaft, four Leagues 
to the Weftward of the Place were fhe funk, and di- 
rectly a^ainft the Strength of the Current ; which has 
perfuaded many Men, that there is a Recurrency in the 
deep Water in the middle of the Gut, that lets out- 
wards to the grand Ocean, which, I think, this Acci- 
dent very much demonftrates j and pofiibly, a great Part 
of the Water, which runs into the Streights does return 
that Way, and along the two Coafts which I have al- 
ready mention’d j otherwife, this Snip of Courfe, muft 
have been drove towards Ceuta, and fo upwards. I was 
at Gibraltar when this happen’d, where 1 faw above 
ioo of the Butts of that Cargo of Brandy, which were 
fent thither from Tangier I likewife fpoke with t te 
Captain of the DutJ Ship, who told the Governor, 
myfelf, and many others, where hisVeffelfunk ; and her 
ring afterwards at Tangier, appear’d very unaccount- 
able to us, as it does to me to this Day •, for there s no 
Doubt bm the Ship funk where the ‘Dutchman told us, 
fince the Spaniards from the Land, who faw ir, con- 
firm’d it to us. The Water in the Gnt muft be very 
deep feveral of the Commanders of our Ships of War 
having attempted to found it with the longed Lines t ley 
could contrive, but could never hndany Bottom. ^ 
