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till it comes near the Gulph’s Mouth, and pafies with 
great Strength through the Gulph of Florida , which 
is the raoft remarkable Gulph in the World for its 
Currents, becaufe it always fets very ftrong to the 
North. 
Thus far this Pilot : And, if too great a Fondncfs 
for my own Conjecture does not prejudice me very 
much, I may venture to fay, that thefe Obfcrvations 
ftrongly confirm it. He takes notice of the firft 
Current which the Trade-wind makes near the Shore 
at Cape St. Auguflin , where it is ftrong ; thence he 
traces it from one Cape to another, as it winds about 
by different Directions, yet ftill gathering Strength at 
every Turning : It is extraordinary ftrong between 
Jucatan and Cuba , but ftrongeft; at the End of its 
Courfc in the Gulph of Florida. This Acquifition 
of Strength upon a new Direction, is contrary to the 
Laws of Motion ; therefore it muft be owing to a 
frefh Supply, which the reft of the Current, caufed 
by the Trade-wind, gives it, till at length the whole 
Power, joined together, rufhes out into the Atlantic 
Ocean. 
Let us then'fuppofe the Wind, which drives this 
Water before it, to follow it much in the fame 
Courfe ; and that, inftead of ftriking againft one plain 
Surface, with fuch an Inclination as would direct it 
to us, it ftrikes againft a Million, yet ftill bending 
this Way: Let this natural Suppofition be admitted, 
and we have the very Thing fought for, viz. a pro- 
per- Direction. 
The other FaCt is this : That when our Ships return 
from the IVeft-lndies through the Gulph of Florida , 
and are got into the wide Ocean, they have a regular 
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