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I obferved, that, whenever we had dorms or hur- 
ricanes at Guadaloupe, the counter-tides were very 
violent at Martinico and the neighbouring iflands ; 
and even in the road of St. Pierre the veflels, that 
were moored too near the Ihore, were daflied to pieces: 
and in 1750, when the ifland of St. Euflace was fo 
ruined by a dreadful hurricane coming in a contrary 
courfe, on the ifc of November, we had here the 
mod; violent counter-tides. 
This is ihe description of one of the mod extra- 
ordinary phenomena ; and, I think, it is the greateft 
counter-tide, that has been heard of. On the third 
of July, 174.6, a very ftrong current, or counter-tide, 
was obferved to the windward of this ifland, Grande 
T.erre, Guadaloupe, which came from the ifland of 
La Deflrade ; that is, from the eaft. It was flrfl: 
perceived about the mole ; the waves broke in, 
finking fome of the pailifadoes of the houfes, and 
tumbling others down j but ih greateft violence ap- 
peared about eight leagues from that along the deep 
coafl ; for from the mole, the fhore is a drait pre- 
cipice of above two hundred feet high. The fea 
wasfo dreadful, that it rofe up, and threw fand over 
the precipice upon the plain. I never could have be- 
lieved it poflible, if I had not feen it myfelf, when 
I was fome months after at the Caribbees, which are 
along this coafl to the northward of this ifland, 
Grande Terre, Guadaloupe, in places where the 
fea, driven by the common winds, is always in agi- 
tation. This coafl, where the favages have a retiring 
place, is formed by fuch precipices of two or three 
hundred feet high, and being fo plumb fleep, is a 
frightful fight, which way foever it is viewed. Above 
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