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were To violently driven by the counter tide, inftead 
of pafhng out by the natural common way, rufhed 
back upon themfelves, and returned into the fea, by 
the fame road they had formed for their entrance ; 
and not a drop of thefe waters pafled to Port Louis. 
This Pointe d'i\ntique was always the ne plus ultra 
of the counter tide, as well by fea as by land. I 
was at five o clock that afternoon in the town of Port 
Louis, and we could perceive no manner of alteration 
in the fea. They informed us of the terrible havock 
made by the counter tide, above the Pointe d’ An- 
tique, about a thoufand or fifteen hundred paces from 
the town. I ran away towards the place, but was 
flopped by the waters, and trees that were torn up, 
which blocked up the way. The more 1 confider 
this phenomenon upon thefe places, the lefs I un- 
derfland it. The counter tide having finifhed its 
courfe, and produced thefe effedts, the waters were 
driven to the iflands in the middle of the bay, and 
they were covered with the overflowing waters for 
leveral days. After all this, let mankind endeavour 
to find a reafon for thefe effedts of nature. Thefe 
are the obfervations, which, joined to many others, 
may lead to a general fyflem for explaining the cur- 
rents of the fea. 
Obfervations upon certain Cair rents in the Mediter- 
ranean Sea. 
If the knowledge of the flux and reflux of tides is 
of fo much importance to navigation, an acquaint- 
ance with the currents will appear of no Ids confe- 
quence. There are currents known to be fo rapid, 
that 
